Schumer Says He'll Support GOP Funding Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

The minority leader’s support all but guarantees that the stopgap funding bill will be able to pass the Senate.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in Washington on March 13, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that he will support advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill, effectively foreclosing the risk of a government shutdown.

“I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down,” Schumer said in a March 13 speech on the Senate floor.