Overview
- The Senate prepared to vote on a continuing resolution that would extend federal funding through late January after weeks of partial shutdown.
- Reporting indicated the measure could pass with sufficient Democratic support, even as party leaders sought a deal on premium assistance.
- The package folds in selected FY2026 spending items for agriculture and veterans and would reverse shutdown-era firings by the administration.
- Democrats pushed a one-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies, which Republicans opposed as President Trump criticized the payments to insurers.
- Analysts warned that letting the aid lapse could more than double average premiums, while the 40-day shutdown has already disrupted travel, including about 1,500 flight cancellations on Nov. 8.