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Senate Prepares New Stopgap as Thune Sees Possible Shutdown Deal This Week

Senate leaders pivoted to a longer stopgap to reflect weekend progress toward an off-ramp.

Dawn brightens the sky over the U.S. Capitol dome, seen from an empty meeting room during the continuing partial federal government shutdown in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters following a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans on day 28 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • Sen. John Thune said the Nov. 21 deadline in the House funding bill is “lost,” and senators are weighing a new expiration in December or January, which would require the House to reconvene to vote.
  • Bipartisan staff talks continued through the weekend, with Republicans floating a stand‑alone vote on extending ACA subsidies, though Democrats say they want firmer assurances before backing funding.
  • A centrist House quartet proposed a two‑year extension of enhanced ACA premium tax credits with a phased income cap between $200,000 and $400,000 and new anti‑fraud and eligibility safeguards.
  • The White House says it will negotiate health care only after a clean funding bill passes, while many Senate Democrats refuse to reopen the government without action on the expiring subsidies.
  • The shutdown reached day 34 with at least 670,000 federal employees furloughed and about 730,000 working without pay, as services strain with widespread flight delays and partial SNAP payments.