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Shutdown Ends With Bipartisan Stopgap as Democrats Split Over Unfinished ACA Subsidies

A Senate promise to vote next month on extending Obamacare tax credits faces uncertain House action.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, right, walks from the House floor with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), left, to speak with the media in Statuary Hall immediately after the House voted 222-209 to pass the Senate's funding deal on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a news conference on Capitol Hill hours before the government shutdown took effect on September 30, 2025.

Overview

  • Federal operations are funded through Jan. 30, 2026, and SNAP is funded through Sept. 30, 2026, but the deal omitted an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
  • Eight Democratic-caucusing senators joined Republicans to pass the package, securing back pay and rehiring protections for federal workers and a pledged mid-December Senate vote on subsidies.
  • Sen. Tim Kaine defended the vote to reopen government and urged House Democrats to stop targeting Senate leaders, while Sen. Chris Murphy called the decision to cave without a subsidy deal a mistake.
  • Sen. Jeanne Shaheen urged Democrats to move past the shutdown and seek a bipartisan, time-limited extension of the credits, drawing both applause and backlash, including a public heckling at a New Hampshire event.
  • A CBS News/YouGov poll found 55% of Americans believe Republicans and President Trump got more of what they wanted, as fallout continues from thousands of flight cancellations and missed paychecks during the 43-day shutdown.