{"id":2502023,"date":"2025-10-22T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-katherine-clarks-shutdown-leverage-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:29:00","slug":"republicans-slam-katherine-clarks-shutdown-leverage-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-katherine-clarks-shutdown-leverage-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans slam Katherine Clark&#8217;s shutdown leverage comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-slam-katherine-clarks-shutdown-leverage-comments%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2502023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-democrats-have-made-milwaukee-a-horrible-city\/\" title=\"... Turn Milwaukee Into a &#039;Horrible&#039; City\">article discusses criticism<\/a> from house Republicans and the Trump governance directed at Democratic Minority Whip Katherine Clark for her remarks about the government shutdown. Clark acknowledged on Fox News that while shutdowns cause suffering for families and are taken seriously by Democrats, they also represent one of the few leverage points the party has in negotiations.Republicans have used her comments to accuse Democrats of &#8220;celebrating&#8221; the shutdown, highlighting the leverage Democrats are trying to use in funding talks. The White House also accused Democrats of ignoring the fallout and appeasing their progressive base. The shutdown has extended beyond three weeks with negotiations stalled, the House passing a temporary funding resolution now stuck in the Senate, and political blame intensifying.Senate Democrats, including Senator Martin Heinrich, have similarly described using leverage in the funding conflict, while Republican leaders emphasize holding Democrats responsible for prolonging the shutdown.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Republicans slam No. 2 House Democrat for acknowledging the Left&rsquo;s leverage point in the shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2379833\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration and House Republicans have accused Democrats of &ldquo;celebrating&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a> after Minority Whip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/katherine-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katherine Clark<\/a> (D-MA) admitted that it is one of the &ldquo;few leverage times we have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer,&rdquo; Clark, the No. 2 House Democrat, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>. &ldquo;We take that responsibility very seriously, but it is one of the few leverage times we have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3860257\/katherine-clark-under-fire-dismissing-families-suffer-amid-shutdown\/\">Democratic Whip under fire for dismissing &#8216;families that are going to suffer&#8217; amid shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3860155\/top-house-gop-appropriator-tom-cole-concedes-new-spending-deal\/\">Top House GOP appropriator concedes Congress will need new spending deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3860133\/trumpworld-retaliation-indiana-lawmakers-redistricting\/\">Trumpworld hints at retaliation for Indiana lawmakers opposed to redistricting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Clark&rsquo;s words have since been highlighted by Republicans across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ryan-attends-fundraiser-hosted-by-attorney-who-pressed-to-minimize-payouts-to-nassars-victims\/\" title=\"Tim Ryan Attends Fundraiser Hosted by Attorney Who Pressed To Minimize Payouts to Nassar\u2019s Victims\">multiple press releases<\/a>. Her interview was even played on loop on a TV outside House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a>&lsquo;s (R-LA) office.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A clip of Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) talking about the shutdown on loop from the speaker&rsquo;s office. (Lauren Green \/ Washington Examiner)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House, in its own press release on Wednesday, charged: &ldquo;Democrats aren&rsquo;t just ignoring the fallout they&rsquo;ve unleashed, they&rsquo;re celebrating it as they attempt to&nbsp;appease&nbsp;their Radical Left base.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House outlined similar comments Democrats have made as the shutdown barrels forward with no end in sight. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson has been criticizing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for weeks for a comment he made, saying that &ldquo;every day gets better for us&rdquo; when talking about the shutdown, which is now the second-longest shutdown in history. Republicans have labeled the shutdown as the &ldquo;Schumer shutdown&rdquo; when racing to cast the blame on the Left.<\/p>\n<p>Clark is not the only Democrat who has outlined the leverage they have in this funding fight. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), when asked about a bill to pay certain federal workers over others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heinrich.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/heinrich-on-cnns-situation-room-i-dont-think-we-can-turn-our-backs-on-the-people-who-make-this-country-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told CNN<\/a> that support that &ldquo;gives the president more leverage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown has surpassed three weeks, as no negotiations have taken place. The House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government until Nov. 21 is in the upper chamber, where it needs to meet the 60-vote threshold for the bill to hit the president&rsquo;s desk and reopen the government.<\/p>\n<p>The House has remained out of session for the entirety of the shutdown in an effort to add pressure on the Senate to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-plan-as-government-shutdown-looms-ignore-the-house-and-follow-the-senate\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s strategy amid imminent ...: Disregard ..., align with ....\">short-term funding resolution<\/a>. While the chamber remains out of session, leadership has stayed in Washington, where they <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hold daily press conferences blaming<\/a> their counterparts across the aisle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3858199\/mike-johnson-blames-democrats-political-violence-jan-6-rioter-threatens-hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MIKE JOHNSON POINTS TO DEMOCRATS FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE AFTER PARDONED JAN. 6 RIOTER THREATENS JEFFRIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schumer has continuously aimed to keep enough of his Democratic caucus in line to force Republicans to strike a deal that meets Democratic demands on healthcare. So far, only Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and two Democrats have backed the GOP plan.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Clark&rsquo;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP criticizes No. 2 House Dem for citing shutdown leverage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2502024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-cl35zuibn-1761166046851-e1761166739439.jpg?1761152331&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51601,61551,37043,3756,5123],"class_list":["post-2502023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-funding-2","tag-katherine-clark","tag-political-debate","tag-republicans","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-cl35zuibn-1761166046851-e1761166739439.jpg?1761152331&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502027,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502023\/revisions\/2502027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}