John Fetterman Tells MS NOW He Has No Regrets About Breaking Ranks to Reopen the Government

Sean James Dec 9th, 2025, 3:53 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) told MS NOW he has no regrets about breaking away from most of his Democratic colleagues and voting to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, even though it appears unlikely Dems will get the Obamacare tax credits they were pushing for by the end of the year.

The senator was asked if he had second thoughts about his vote during an interview on on Tuesday.

“Do you regret ending the shutdown?” Host Katy Tur asked.

“No, we should have never shut—” Fetterman said, as Tur continued with her question.

“If the Democrats had not ended the shutdown, voted with Republicans, and kept going to push these ACA extensions, woul

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