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House Passes GOP Stopgap Funding Bill, Setting Up Senate Clash Before Oct. 1 Deadline

With a 60‑vote hurdle in place, Democrats insist on health-care fixes that the GOP bill omits.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson emerges from his office at the US Capitol on September 18, 2025.
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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington in March. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to lawmakers pushing them to make President Donald Trump’s signature tax cuts from his first term, many provisions of which are set to expire at the end of the year, permanent by passing the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Overview

  • The House approved a Republican continuing resolution 217–212 to extend funding through Nov. 21, with Democrats unified in opposition except Rep. Jared Golden and GOP Reps. Thomas Massie and Victoria Spartz voting no.
  • Senators planned votes on the House bill and a Democratic countermeasure later Friday, with both expected to fail absent cross-party support.
  • Republicans describe their plan as a clean CR and included targeted items such as $30 million for member security, $58 million for executive and judicial security, and a $1 billion fix for Washington, D.C.'s budget.
  • Senate Democrats’ alternative would fund the government to Oct. 31 while extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts.
  • GOP leaders have weighed sending the House into recess through Oct. 1 to pressure the Senate, heightening the risk of a funding lapse at the new fiscal year start.