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Senate Rejects Dueling Funding Bills, Raising Odds of Oct. 1 Shutdown

A 60-vote threshold now forces a cross-party deal that hinges on Democrats’ health-care demands.

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 approved a short-term continuing resolution 217-212 to extend funding through Nov. 21, with Democrat Jared Golden voting yes and Republicans Tim Burchett and Victoria Spartz voting no.
  • The Senate blocked both parties’ plans in separate votes, with the GOP bill failing 44-48 and the Democratic alternative failing 47-45.
  • Defections were limited as Sen. John Fetterman backed advancing the GOP measure, while Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Rand Paul opposed it.
  • Democrats insist any stopgap address Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts, while Republicans label their House-passed bill a clean extension.
  • The House bill adds about $88 million for enhanced security for lawmakers, the Supreme Court and the executive branch after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and a Senate recess until Sept. 29 leaves little time to avert a shutdown.