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America is watching while Congress squabbles and the left’s leadership shirks responsibility, and conservative lawmakers are not staying silent. On Sean Hannity this week, freshman Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas and Rep. Mike Lawler of New York made the case loud and clear: Republicans are pushing to end this pointless shutdown and get government working for the people again, while Democrats drag their feet to appease the radical left.
The facts are stark and simple — the federal government went dark on October 1 when funding lapsed, and the Senate has repeatedly failed to pass a clean continuing resolution to keep services running and federal workers paid. Washington’s paralysis is no abstract exercise; it’s real pain for everyday Americans, from furloughed employees to families waiting on benefits and travelers seeing unexpected delays.
Republicans in the House moved to keep the lights on with a stopgap funding measure, yet Senate Democrats have blocked cloture and refused to advance that solution, leaving the country to suffer while they posture. GOP lawmakers like Lawler have rightly called this an “unforced error” by Democrats — an avoidable crisis manufactured for politics rather than governing. The American people deserve better than theatrical obstruction.
You won’t hear that from the mainstream media, which prefers to frame this as a bipartisan failure, but conservatives know who’s responsible: Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer have the leverage to help end this and are instead using it to score points with the far left. Lawler has repeatedly accused Democratic leaders of holding Americans hostage by insisting on demands that are non-starters, and hardworking families shouldn’t be collateral damage in their theater of the absurd.
Rep. Brandon Gill’s voice matters because new conservatives are arriving in Washington determined to govern — to cut waste, secure the border, and protect the dignity of work — not to surrender to chaos. These freshmen are not interested in cynical defeatism; they want results, and they are right to push the party to offer a clean, practical path back to funding so negotiations can resume in good faith.
Patriots in every town should demand that their senators stop playing politics and vote to reopen the government now — then get back to hashing out policy on the merits. The choice is clear: Republicans are fighting to restore order and opportunity, while Democrats are risking livelihoods to appease extremists; conservatism means governing responsibly, and that’s exactly what Republican leaders must deliver.
