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Sen. Deb Fischer pulled no punches on Wake Up America when she called out Senate Democrats for obstructing a simple continuing resolution and risking a needless government shutdown that harms everyday Americans and their livelihoods. Her frustration mirrors what millions of voters feel: Washington’s play-acting is replacing responsible governance while people’s paychecks and services hang in the balance.
The Senate’s failure to pass stopgap funding — with party-line rejections and no compromise in sight — is not governance; it’s theater that punishes families, veterans, and workers who had nothing to do with the Beltway’s dysfunction. Republicans offered a short-term CR to keep the lights on while real appropriations work continues, and Democrats’ refusal to cooperate makes them the architects of chaos.
Fischer is exactly right to insist we return to regular order and real appropriations work instead of endless continuing resolutions that fund the status quo and reward waste. She’s repeatedly argued that CRs are a band-aid that prevent meaningful scrutiny and cuts, and she’s pushed for appropriations and rescissions that actually rein in reckless spending.
This isn’t some abstract debate — conservative voices warned that Democrats’ refusal to pass a short-term fix hands extraordinary discretion to the executive branch and risks vast, painful consequences for federal employees and services. Republicans like Rep. Mike Lawler have bluntly called the shutdown an “unforced error” by Democrats who prefer political stunts over solutions.
In Nebraska and across the heartland, voters are rightly furious that their elected leaders in Washington would gamble with parks, Social Security operations, and everyday government services rather than buckle down and find a reasonable path forward. Local reporting has highlighted the tangible fallout as deadlines loom and negotiations collapse, underscoring the human cost of partisan brinksmanship.
Conservatives should stand with senators like Fischer who demand accountability, transparency, and fiscal sanity — not more theater. It’s time for Republicans to keep pressing for real appropriations, expose the Democrats’ choices to the voters, and refuse to be blackmailed by a party that prefers headlines to governing.
Hardworking Americans deserve better than Washington’s tantrums; they deserve leaders willing to fight for everyday taxpayers and to restore the dignity of the legislative process. If conservatives stay unified behind common-sense principles — fiscal responsibility, border security, and honest debate on the floor — we can force a return to real governing and stop the shutdown games once and for all.
