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Shutdown Enters Fourth Week as Senate Blocks GOP Funding Bill for 11th Time

Democrats are withholding votes to secure an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, prolonging the stalemate.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event to welcome the 2025 LSU and LSU-Shreveport national champion baseball teams in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks during an event with President Donald Trump to welcome the 2025 LSU and LSU-Shreveport national champion baseball teams in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pauses in his office doorway to speak to reporters on day 20 of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber as they charge President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • The Senate on Monday voted 52–48 to reject the House-backed stopgap for the 11th time, leaving the government largely closed on Day 21 and tying the second-longest shutdown on record.
  • Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are furloughed or working without pay, with the judiciary curtailing operations and the National Nuclear Security Administration furloughing about 80% of its staff.
  • SNAP benefits are funded only through October and states are warning residents about possible November shortfalls, while the White House is using tariff revenue to temporarily sustain WIC.
  • President Trump directed available funds to ensure active-duty troops are paid, and the Office of Management and Budget paused roughly $11 billion in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in several major cities.
  • With the House largely out of session, Trump hosted Senate Republicans for a unity lunch as proposals to pay essential workers face resistance and analysts flag rising economic costs, including travel disruptions and frozen small-business loans.