Overview

• The partial shutdown entered its third day after Congress missed the Oct. 1 funding deadline in a dispute centered on extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urged Republican senators to override the 60-vote threshold and pass a continuing resolution by simple majority, asserting the GOP’s 53 seats are sufficient.
• Greene promoted the push on X and on InfoWars, arguing Republicans are “playing games” and calling for the party to “learn how to wield power.”
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have nothing to negotiate and signaled no move to alter chamber rules during the funding standoff.
• The House passed a stopgap bill on Sept. 19 that fell short in the Senate, which has rejected the measure multiple times and plans another vote Friday, as debate intensifies over using the so-called nuclear option with precedents in 2013 and 2017.