RSC Chairman Pfluger: How to Lose a Shutdown in 43 Days

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Study Committee Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) authored a new scathing op-ed in The Hill detailing how Democrats orchestrated the longest shutdown in American history, causing 43 days of economic carnage that cost tens of billions in GDP losses, only to surrender with zero concessions on their COVID-era ObamaCare subsidy demands. 

Chairman Pfluger exposes how Democrat leaders openly weaponized American suffering as political leverage while veterans waited for overdue benefits and federal workers missed rent payments, yet the 189-member Republican Study Committee held the line and refused to reward extortion, ultimately forcing Democrats to capitulate and sparking an internal revolt where radical Left members are now openly demanding Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's resignation. The piece includes a stark warning for 2026: when one party governs and the other simply performs grievance, Americans suffer until the adults in the room step in and end the circus.

Read the full op-ed HERE.