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Shutdown Day 14: Senate Plans Eighth Vote as Trump Ensures Troop Pay

Democrats are withholding votes until ACA premium tax credits are extended.

An aerial view of residential homes on September 17, 2025, in Rancho Cucamonga, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Visitors to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum find its doors are closed due to the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 13, 2025.
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Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ripped Democrats for their Napa Valley fundraiser -- complete with hot tubs and an organic vineyard -- while they refuse to reopen the government.

Overview

  • The partial shutdown entered its third week with roughly 750,000 federal employees furloughed and many essential workers on the job without pay.
  • The Senate will take an eighth procedural vote on the House GOP stopgap, which has failed seven times to reach the 60 votes required to advance.
  • At the center of the standoff are Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expiring at year’s end, with Democrats demanding guarantees before any funding bill.
  • President Trump directed the Pentagon to shift about $8 billion to cover active‑duty military pay, and Homeland Security says Coast Guard personnel will also be paid this week.
  • Agencies have begun layoffs after issuing thousands of reduction‑in‑force notices, and tariff revenue is being used to keep the WIC nutrition program operating for now.