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Senate Stalemate Extends Shutdown Into Second Week as ACA Fight Hardens

Democrats are withholding votes to reopen the government until enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies are extended.

FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Rep. Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., left, confronts House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in a heated discussion to endorse House bill H.R.5145 that would extend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
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Overview

  • The Senate again failed to advance competing short-term funding bills, with a Democratic plan falling 47-50 and a Republican 'clean' CR failing 54-45 under the 60‑vote threshold.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson is pressing Senate Democrats to pass the House stopgap bill and has kept the House largely out of session as he resists a standalone vote to guarantee military pay.
  • Early surveys show more voters blaming President Trump and Republicans for the shutdown as Chuck Schumer touts growing leverage, drawing GOP backlash to his 'every day gets better for us' comment.
  • The White House and OMB have frozen selected funds and questioned automatic back pay for furloughed workers as Trump threatens cuts to Democratic priorities, though mass layoffs have not occurred.
  • Operational strains are mounting with hundreds of thousands furloughed and an Oct. 15 risk of missed military paychecks, while some Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and frontline members, signal openness to extending ACA subsidies.