Democrats? Or Jews?
The Jewish question in Congress
As shutdown deadline nears, Democrats have rare leverage over Trump. They’re digging in.
As Congress braces for another government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans are still at odds.
Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY
Time is running out for Democrats and Republicans in Congress to strike a compromise, and neither side appears to be budging in a debate where partisan gridlock could lead to the closing of everything but essential government services. Funding expires in about two weeks at midnight on Oct. 1, and lawmakers have a planned vacation for one of those weeks tied to the Jewish holidays.
Yom Kippur is reportedly celebrated this year on October 1–2, 2025.
Faith on the Hill
Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.
Beshay
Seventy-one members of [the 119th] Congress do not identify as Christians, including 32 who are Jewish. Although that is one fewer Jewish member of Congress than in the last session, Jews continue to make up a higher share of Congress (6%) than of the overall adult population (2%).
There's a Jewish connection to the shutdown threat, perhaps ...
Trump says he was not informed by Netanyahu before Israel's strike in Qatar
Netanyahu Blows Up Trump’s Gaza Deal With Major Escalation
Trump had said that an agreement to end the conflict could come “very soon.”
Tom Sanders
Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet