Hickenlooper will also reject Republican-led continuing resolutions until Republicans work to lower costs and restore Americans’ health care.
Reject Republican-led continuing resolutions until Republicans work to lower costs and restore Americans’ health care.
Occurrences
On Tuesday, Hickenlooper was one of the first senators to announce he’d oppose the Republican CR unless they worked with Democrats to lower health care costs, support rural hospitals, and end Trump’s tariffs.
Evidence
On September 30, 2025, Senator John Hickenlooper voted against a Republican-led continuing resolution to fund the government, citing its failure to lower costs and restore Americans' health care. He stated, 'Democrats are ready to work with Republicans to lower costs and restore health care for millions of Americans. Instead, Republicans rubber stamped an agenda that’ll make Americans poorer and sicker.'
On September 20, 2025, Senator Hickenlooper voted against a Republican continuing resolution, emphasizing that it failed to address rising costs and health care issues. He remarked, 'It’s getting more and more expensive to live in Trump’s America. Today, Republicans voted to rubberstamp Trump’s agenda and block our effort to lower health care costs, restore coverage, and save rural hospitals.'
On September 16, 2025, Senator Hickenlooper announced his intention to vote against the Republican continuing resolution unless it included measures to lower health care costs, support rural hospitals, and end tariffs. He stated, 'If Republicans want to avoid a shutdown, they should restore the health care and nursing home care and support for rural hospitals that they voted to rip away, and they should take action to end the tariffs. If not, I’m a no vote on their continuing resolution.'
On February 21, 2025, Senator Hickenlooper voted against the fiscal year 2025 Senate Budget Resolution, criticizing it for cutting critical services and increasing the deficit. He stated, 'The Republicans’ extreme budget proposal will cut critical services like health care to bankroll tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.'
On October 24, 2025, Senator Hickenlooper criticized Senate Republicans for blocking efforts to pay federal employees during a government shutdown. He stated, 'Republicans closed the federal government instead of protecting Americans’ health care. Yesterday, they refused to pay dedicated federal workers and to stop the White House from leveraging the shutdown to push their extreme Project 2025 agenda and fire federal employees.'
On September 19, 2025, the Senate voted on H.R. 5371, a Republican-led continuing appropriations bill. The bill was rejected with 44 yeas and 48 nays. Senator Hickenlooper voted against the bill, aligning with the majority of his Democratic colleagues.
On October 8, 2025, the Senate reconsidered the motion to proceed to H.R. 5371, a Republican-led continuing appropriations bill. The motion was rejected with 54 yeas and 45 nays. Senator Hickenlooper voted against the motion, consistent with his stance against Republican continuing resolutions lacking provisions to lower costs and restore health care.
Assessments
Hickenlooper was serving as U.S. Senator during the 2025 continuing-resolution fights and repeatedly followed the promised position: he announced he would vote no unless Republicans addressed rising costs and health care, then voted against Republican-led continuing appropriations measures on September 19, September 30, and October 8, 2025 while publicly tying those votes to health care and cost concerns. The promise was about his own voting stance, not enactment of a broader policy outcome, so these same-term votes satisfy it.
Multiple pieces of reliable evidence clearly demonstrate that Senator Hickenlooper both publicly and legislatively rejected Republican-led continuing resolutions as promised, explicitly citing their failure to lower costs and protect health care. He consistently voted against such resolutions, made public statements to that effect, and aligned his behavior with the campaign promise. All documented actions occurred within the same term.
Senator Hickenlooper clearly and repeatedly rejected Republican-led continuing resolutions and budget proposals throughout 2025, explicitly citing their failure to lower costs and restore or protect Americans' health care. The votes, public statements, and proposed legislative requirements are all fully consistent with the promise's text and intent. The evidence shows numerous actions and direct opposition to each Republican-led proposal, as well as explicit linkage to the health care and cost-lowering criteria specified in the promise.