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Press Release2025-10-01

Standing Against a Needless Shutdown

Lloyd Smucker
Lloyd Smucker
RPA-11 · Representative
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Standing Against a Needless Shutdown

<span>Standing Against a Needless Shutdown</span> <div class="evo-article__body"><p><span>Dear Friend,</span><br><br><span>On Friday, September 19, 2025, I joined the majority of the House of Representatives in voting for a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open through November 21, 2025, giving Congress time to negotiate full-year funding legislation.</span><br><br><span>Liberals in D.C. flatly rejected this commonsense measure—at the very same spending levels they themselves supported just months ago. Instead, they chose political theater, demanding extreme policy concessions unrelated to funding the government, including:</span><br></p></div> <span><span>Eric.Reath@mai…</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-01T14:04:38-04:00" title="Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - 14:04">Wed, 10/01/2025 - 14:04</time> </span> <div class="col-auto">October 7, 2025 </div>
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