Overview
- The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the House’s seven-week continuing resolution, with 54 senators voting to proceed and the next vote expected Monday.
- Speaker Mike Johnson canceled next week’s House session and set a district work period through Oct. 13, with the chamber not slated to return until Oct. 14.
- Democrats are withholding support to secure extensions of enhanced ACA subsidies and related Medicaid changes, while Republican leaders say talks on health care will not occur during a shutdown.
- Republicans say they have support from John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto and Angus King and are targeting additional Democrats, including Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Dick Durbin and Jon Ossoff, to reach 60 votes.
- Johnson told Republicans to press their case at home as Democrats criticized the canceled House votes, citing delays to Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in and a push to force a vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein files.