Overview
- At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural vote to advance a package pairing three full‑year appropriations bills with a continuing resolution extending other funding into late January.
- The framework would guarantee a December Senate vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, though passage of the extension is not assured.
- Negotiators are weighing language to reinstate federal employees fired during the 40‑day shutdown, with details still unresolved and no firm House commitment on a health care vote.
- President Trump urged shifting ACA funds to direct payments or HSA‑style accounts, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration is not proposing that plan to the Senate before a funding agreement.
- The shutdown reached day 40 with unpaid federal workers, strained food assistance and worsening air‑travel disruptions, as senators prepared for an initial vote that could still face delays.