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Senate Rejects GOP Funding Bill for 11th Time as Shutdown Enters Fourth Week

The standoff persists because Democrats insist on extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks during an event with President Donald Trump to welcome the 2025 LSU and LSU-Shreveport national champion baseball teams in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 16.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses in his office doorway to speak to reporters on day 20 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republican representatives stand behind House Speaker Mike Johnson during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Monday.

Overview

  • Senate Democrats again blocked the House-passed short-term funding measure on Monday, with two crossovers from their side and one Republican voting no, marking the 11th failed attempt to reopen the government.
  • Republican leaders plan a vote this week on a separate bill to immediately pay 'excepted' federal workers and service members, a proposal Democrats including Hakeem Jeffries criticized as a political ploy that could let the president decide who gets paid.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the chamber out of session since Sept. 19, and Sen. John Thune urged House Republicans to return to consider a new or longer stopgap given the Nov. 21 deadline in the current proposal.
  • Operational strains are mounting as agencies expand furloughs, including about 1,400 National Nuclear Security Administration employees, air traffic control shortages cause delays, and additional missed paychecks loom for federal workers.
  • Senate Republicans head to the White House on Tuesday for a unity meeting with President Trump as both parties hold firm on their positions and ACA open enrollment on Nov. 1 heightens pressure over the subsidy dispute.