Overview
- Federal funding under a stopgap measure runs out Jan. 30–31 with nine of 12 appropriations bills still unfinished, risking a partial shutdown if no deal or new CR passes.
- The House is set to vote this month on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies via a discharge petition backed by four Republicans, bypassing Speaker Mike Johnson.
- Senate leaders plan to revisit a five-bill minibus after talks stalled in December, as centrist Republicans and key Democrats explore narrower subsidy compromises and other health policy options.
- Sen. Chuck Schumer said he does not expect another shutdown and called for bipartisan full‑year funding, while Hakeem Jeffries declined to say whether Democrats would support a lapse.
- The House GOP majority narrows with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation, heightening leverage for moderates and enabling discharge efforts that recently forced action on releasing Epstein files.