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Government Shuts Down After Senate Blocks House ‘Clean’ Funding Bill

Democrats are demanding immediate action on health-care subsidies before approving a stopgap.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, speaks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, after they met with President Donald Trump and Republican leaders on Sept. 29, 2025, at the White House about the government shutdown. Funding for the federal government expires at midnight Sept. 30.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Sept. 8, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
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Overview

  • After a 55-45 vote failed to clear the 60-vote threshold, funding lapsed at midnight and the government entered a shutdown.
  • The House-passed measure would have extended current spending through Nov. 21 without policy add-ons.
  • Most Democrats opposed the bill to secure an extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and to undo recent Medicaid cuts.
  • Three members of the Democratic caucus — John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto and Angus King — voted with Republicans, while Sen. Rand Paul was the lone GOP no.
  • Republican leaders said they will keep bringing the clean CR to the floor, as agencies prepare furloughs under OMB guidance that also raised potential reduction-in-force actions if the closure drags on.