Overview
- On day 39 of the shutdown, senators held a rare weekend session with no breakthrough after a bid to pay federal workers during the closure failed to advance 53–43.
- Democrats publicly offered to reopen the government with a one-year extension of ACA premium tax credits and a bipartisan committee on long-term reforms, which Republicans immediately called a nonstarter.
- Republican leaders reiterated they would discuss health policy only after funding passes and suggested a later vote on subsidies, while House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to commit to taking up such a measure.
- President Donald Trump urged Republicans to stay in Washington, pressed to end the filibuster, and proposed routing ACA funds directly to individuals, ideas GOP leaders have not adopted for an immediate deal.
- Negotiators are weighing a bipartisan package to fund parts of government through December or January with only a promised future vote on health care as flight cancellations, SNAP delays, and unpaid federal workers intensify pressure.