Overview

• House Democrats vented in a closed-door meeting, warning Chuck Schumer not to back a GOP-crafted funding bill as they accuse Senate Democrats of undercutting them in March.
• Federal funding expires Oct. 1 with neither chamber on track to finish all 12 appropriations bills, and some lawmakers now peg the odds of a shutdown at roughly even.
• Democrats are tying their votes to health-care protections, pushing to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and reverse Medicaid changes they say would raise costs and cut coverage.
• Schumer has told colleagues a partisan continuing resolution is dead on arrival, and the Senate’s 60-vote threshold gives Democrats real power to block a GOP-only plan.
• Leaders in both parties are signaling openness to a short, clean continuing resolution of about 45 days, even as distrust lingers over Trump’s $5 billion pocket rescission, which Democrats suggest should be resolved in court while both sides escalate the blame game.