{"id":2508541,"date":"2025-11-09T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanberger-says-election-win-not-excuse-for-dems-to-drag-out-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:02:33","slug":"spanberger-says-election-win-not-excuse-for-dems-to-drag-out-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spanberger-says-election-win-not-excuse-for-dems-to-drag-out-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanberger says election win not excuse for Dems to drag out shutdown"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fspanberger-says-election-win-not-excuse-for-dems-to-drag-out-shutdown%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=2508541&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>Virginia Democratic Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger emphasized the urgent need to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democratic-senator-comes-out-against-bidens-vaccine-mandate-supports-legislation-to-overturn\/\" title=\"Top Democratic Senator Comes Out Against Biden\u2019s Vaccine Mandate, Supports Legislation To Overturn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">federal government<\/a> shutdown<\/a>,which had reached its 40th day,making it the longest in U.S. history. Speaking on CBS NewsS *Face the Nation*, Spanberger made clear that her election victory is not a reason for Democrats to prolong the shutdown. She highlighted the significant hardships Virginians face due to rising costs in healthcare, housing, and energy, along with the ongoing disruption from Washington&#8217;s political chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger urged Congress, the Senate, and the president to work toward reopening the government promptly. While acknowledging disagreements over healthcare funding-particularly opposition from Senate Democrats to a continuing resolution lacking extended Obamacare subsidies-she emphasized the need for leadership and bipartisan cooperation during negotiations. president Donald Trump has criticized Democrats for linking government reopening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lump-of-west-virginia-coal-for-biden-manchin-tells-fox-news-hes-a-no-on-bbb\/\" title=\"Lump of West Virginia Coal for Biden: Manchin Tells Fox News He\u2019s a \u2018No\u2019 on BBB\">healthcare subsidies<\/a> and has proposed directing funds directly to the public to improve healthcare affordability, seeking to end what he calls the enrichment of insurance companies.  <\/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\">Spanberger says election win &lsquo;absolutely not&rsquo; excuse for Democrats to drag out 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_2395695\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Virginia Democratic Gov.-elect <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3423121\/abigail-spanberger-democratic-candidate-virginia-governor\/\">Abigail Spanberger<\/a> said Sunday the federal government must reopen after her election, saying state residents want it to.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger is one of several candidates to give the Democratic Party wind in its sails after the elections, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3866711\/spanberger-earle-sears-virginia-woman-governor-2025-election\/\">including her own victory of about 15%<\/a> against Republican candidate Lt. Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3873991\/earle-sears-is-running-a-2021-campaign-in-2025\/\">Winsome Earle-Sears<\/a>. Election Day took place five weeks into the government shutdown, which is currently the longest in U.S. history, on its 40th day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3880376\/house-republican-going-to-get-killed-midterm-elections\/\">House Republican says party &#8216;going to get killed&#8217; in midterm elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879555\/mikie-sherrill-win-new-jersey-house-seat-replacement-could-take-a-while\/\">Mikie Sherrill win kicks off process to replace her in House &mdash; here&#8217;s why it could take a while<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3879360\/republicans-risk-democrats-being-rewarded-government-shutdown-negotiating-byron-york\/\">Republicans risk Democrats being rewarded for government shutdown by negotiating: Byron York<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>CBS News&rsquo;s Margaret Brennan asked if Spanberger&rsquo;s win is &ldquo;permission to hold the line in Congress&rdquo; in its shutdown negotiations, to which she replied, &ldquo;Absolutely not.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My campaign across the past two years has been focused on hearing the challenges that people are facing all across Virginia. It&rsquo;s rising cost in healthcare, housing, energy, and it&rsquo;s the chaos coming out of Washington that has been impacting Virginians so severely, beginning with the DOGE efforts, of course, continuing with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >chaotic trade policies<\/a>, and now in this government shutdown,&rdquo; Spanberger said on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3226244&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=04d59c39cff00bd834692d0ee2bc39c3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Virginians need to and Virginians want to see the government reopen, and my expectation is that we will see a Congress, a Senate, and ultimately a president driving us in that direction,&rdquo; Spanberger said.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan also asked Spanberger if Democrats should agree to reopen the government and continue the debate over healthcare afterward. Spanberger responded by saying President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3880511\/trump-2000-a-person-tariff-dividends\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> should demonstrate &ldquo;leadership&rdquo; by endeavoring to get through any negotiations, &ldquo;whether it&rsquo;s before or after.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Spanberger said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sD9H8eeZLj4&amp;t=3109s\">she would encourage &ldquo;everyone&rdquo;<\/a> across party lines to end the shutdown when asked if she would encourage Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) to end it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3876966\/inside-winsome-earle-sears-losing-campaign\/\"><strong>OFF THE ROAD AND UP IN FLAMES: INSIDE WINSOME EARLE-SEARS&rsquo;S LOSING CAMPAIGN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Healthcare is a major point of disagreement amid the government shutdown after Senate Democrats on Oct. 1 blocked a House-passed continuing resolution to keep the government open, as it did not contain provisions extending Obamacare subsidies. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3880470\/trump-obamacare-funds-government-shutdown\/\">The president is accusing Democrats of systemic hypocrisy<\/a> for conditioning reopening the government on a one-year extension of pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies, arguing insurance companies, not consumers, are benefiting the most from the federal healthcare program.<\/p>\n<p>One solution Trump is proposing is to have money go &ldquo;directly&rdquo; to the public to purchase better healthcare, and he said, &ldquo;enrichment of Health Insurance companies must stop.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/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>Spanberger: Election win not excuse to prolong shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2508542,"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\/11\/AP25309099685568.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,41943,39629,32504,32249],"class_list":["post-2508541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-election-win","tag-government-shutdown","tag-political-strategy","tag-spanberger"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25309099685568.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508541","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508545,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508541\/revisions\/2508545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}