Overview

• A fourth bid to advance the GOP stopgap failed 54-44 in the Senate, and a Democratic alternative also fell 46-52, leaving the shutdown in its third day with no deal.
• The Senate adjourned until Monday and the House will remain out until Oct. 14, making a continuation of the funding lapse increasingly likely.
• Only Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and Angus King backed the Republican bill, while Sen. Rand Paul opposed it, underscoring hardened lines under the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
• Operational fallout mounted as the Bureau of Labor Statistics withheld the monthly jobs report and the Congressional Budget Office estimated roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed with about $400 million in daily lost wages.
• The administration escalated pressure by freezing $18 billion for New York City projects, pausing $2.1 billion for Chicago transit, canceling nearly $8 billion in Energy Department awards across 16 states, and warning of potential permanent layoffs.