Overview
- Chuck Schumer unveiled a plan to pair a short-term funding bill and a three-bill appropriations package with a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits and a bipartisan committee on longer-term health reforms.
- John Thune and other Republicans labeled the offer a nonstarter, and GOP leaders kept senators in Washington while exploring alternatives including a Senate “mini-bus,” a Republican health proposal, and targeted funding moves.
- The Senate rejected a procedural vote on Sen. Ron Johnson’s bill to pay federal workers during the shutdown, failing 53–43 under the 60-vote threshold.
- President Donald Trump urged Republicans to stay in session and pressed again to scrap the filibuster, a step Senate Republicans have not embraced.
- The shutdown has stretched into a sixth week with unpaid federal workers, delayed SNAP benefits, and reduced airline schedules, and House Speaker Mike Johnson has not committed to take up any ACA subsidy extension even if the Senate passes one.