"Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer blasted GOP senators on Friday's edition of The Morning Meeting, saying they should be embarrassed about fumbling their political response after Democrats blocked a bill that would have guaranteed pay for U.S. troops during the ongoing government shutdown. Senate Republicans should be embarrassed by how bad they're messaging this, Spicer told his co-hosts, Mark Halperin and Dan Turrentine."
"The bill in question, titled the Shutdown Fairness Act of 2025, was sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and failed on Thursday in a mostly party-line 5445 vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance. The legislation would have guaranteed pay for active-duty service members, as well as air traffic controllers, TSA agents, park rangers, ICE and Border Patrol officers, and other essential workers deemed excepted from the shutdown."
Sean Spicer blasted Senate Republicans for their response after Democrats blocked legislation intended to guarantee pay for excepted federal workers during the government shutdown. He said Republicans should be embarrassed by their messaging and should have stood publicly with military members and Border Patrol officers. The Shutdown Fairness Act of 2025, sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), failed in a mostly party-line 5445 vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance. The bill would have guaranteed pay for active-duty service members and other excepted essential workers. Chuck Schumer called the proposal a ruse, saying it would give the budget director excessive power.
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