Overview

• Friday’s defeat leaves federal agencies partially closed through the weekend, with Senate leaders not planning to reconvene until next week.
• Republicans sought a stopgap lasting to late November but fell short of the 60‑vote threshold, with only three Democrats having supported earlier attempts.
• Roughly 750,000 federal employees have been furloughed and pay is frozen for those required to keep working as services face growing disruptions.
• The White House has begun freezing billions for projects in New York and California and is pressing agencies to identify cuts, warning that layoffs could be imminent.
• The September jobs report was not released due to the shutdown, and a Washington Post poll shows more respondents blaming President Trump and Republicans than Democrats.