Some of the elected officials for Pennsylvania had differing views of the federal government shutdown that went into effect Friday at midnight.

While the House of Representatives passed a bill to keep the government operational temporarily, Senate Democrats blocked their version of the bill Friday night, demanding progress on legislation to protect about 700,000 so-called Dreamer immigrants who were brought illegally to the country as children.

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-3rd, spoke on the house floor Saturday and took the opportunity to blame Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

“America is watching and America is understanding right now that this is the Schumer shutdown. Let there be no question about who it is who has failed the American public,” he said.

Kelly stressed that Congress has a March 5 deadline to address the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy and that it should not cause a shutdown.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., in a statement Saturday said that the senate Democrats openly supported every provision of the bill they voted against.

“In a transparent political ploy, Senate Democrats prioritized amnesty for select illegal immigrants over governing, supporting our military, and providing health insurance to poor and middle-income children,” the statement said.

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., in a statement noted the failure to reauthorize the Children’s House Insurance Program.

“The Republican funding plan shortchanges our veterans, community health centers, infants and mothers who receive home visitations, retired coal miners and other Pennsylvania workers and those dealing with the opioid crisis. There are bipartisan agreements in place that can help Pennsylvania families, but Republicans gave in to the extreme right wing of their party and walked away,” he said.

Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, in a statement said that Pennsylvania relies on federal funding and services and the state will work to make the impact minimal.

“I will work to manage the impact on state government to avoid disruption in the short term. Chaos in Washington benefits no one and their failure to get bipartisan agreement is unacceptable,” Wolf said.