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Senate Rejects Competing Stopgaps as Shutdown Risk Grows for Oct. 1

Democrats are withholding votes unless a short-term deal extends ACA subsidies and reverses Medicaid cuts, leaving the 60-vote hurdle as the key obstacle to any agreement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson emerges from his office at the US Capitol on September 18, 2025.
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Speaker Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 17. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Overview

  • The House passed a GOP-written continuing resolution 217-212 to keep funding at current levels through Nov. 21, with one Democrat voting yes and two Republicans voting no.
  • Hours later, the Senate failed to advance both the House bill and a Democratic alternative, falling short of the 60 votes needed and increasing the likelihood of a partial shutdown on Oct. 1.
  • Republicans call their measure a clean stopgap and highlight added security funding for lawmakers, the executive and judicial branches, plus a fix for Washington, D.C.’s budget shortfall.
  • Senate Democrats pushed a separate plan to fund the government through Oct. 31 that would extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and roll back recent Medicaid cuts.
  • With both chambers eyeing a Rosh Hashanah recess and few session days left, leaders traded blame as President Trump urged Republicans to back the House bill and Democrats demanded negotiations on health care provisions.