Texas Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue blaming each other for the federal government shutdown and there is no indication yet when they will strike a deal to reopen it. 

The government shut down last Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. after the Senate failed to pass a funding bill on Tuesday. That halted pay for federal employees and suspended nonessential services. The Senate held similar votes midday Wednesday and again Friday without any resolution. 

In North Texas, the political divide mirrors national tensions, with two prominent lawmakers — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas — offering sharply opposing views. 

"This really goes to show you just how ineffective the Republicans are when it comes to governance," Crockett said. 

Cruz said, "So, it is Chuck Schumer and the Democrats who caused the shutdown." 

Shutdown follows familiar political pattern

The Senate once again failed to reach the 60 votes needed to pass the House-approved continuing resolution. Crockett pointed to a trend in shutdowns under the current administration. 

"The last time we had a shutdown was under the same president, so there is a trend," she said. "I've got to give it up to President Biden. At the end of the day, he felt like the most responsible thing he could do is to make sure he could keep the government open." 

Cruz responded by citing past bipartisan cooperation.

"When Chuck Schumer was majority leader and Joe Biden was president, there were 13 clean CRs," Cruz said, "and the difference was Republicans went along with the clean CRs and didn't force a government shutdown. Thirteen times."

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Flower Mound, said House Republicans did their job. 

"We passed a clean continuing resolution two weeks ago. We gave Democrats plenty of time to voice any concerns that they had, but this is a clean, continuing resolution. It is not a government funding bill that we passed that is full of conservative priorities, Republican priorities. It's not a partisan bill.. Senate Democrats simply rejected it. So this is a shutdown that was created by Democrats, and I hope that they will come to their senses and get us out of this."

Healthcare tax credits spark division

A major sticking point in negotiations is the future of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act. The credits, passed during the COVID-19 pandemic, are set to expire at the end of the year. Democrats want to make them permanent to prevent rising premiums, while Republicans argue they were intended as temporary relief.

"To create an additional problem for people to access healthcare, and then to fall back and say well, COVID is gone, well, guess what? You guys have created yet another catastrophic situation for the American people that is going to make this unaffordable for so many reasons," Crockett said.

"Look, I am very interested in any conversation about lowering premiums for health insurance," Cruz said. "... I think that this is an area of life that Democrat big government programs have done real damage and have made health insurance unaffordable to a whole lot of Texans. That isn't right ... But I'm not going to do so while the Democrats are shutting the government down." 

Gill agreed. 

"That has nothing to do with the continuing resolution. We've got plenty of time to debate what those tax credits look like. There's a lot of problems with those by the way. But those don't run out until the end of this year. That's three months. That is a lifetime in politics."

Senate prepares for more votes this week

The Senate is expected to vote again on the continuing resolution passed by House Republicans this week. 

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