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Shutdown Enters Second Month With SNAP at Risk and Back Pay in Doubt

Business groups warn of mounting economic damage from the protracted funding lapse.

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Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks during a rally with faith leaders, food bank workers, and furloughed federal employees in front of the Agriculture Department on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the 30th day of the federal government shutdown on October 30, 2025.
The shutdown's fallout is rippling through everyday life
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Overview

  • Senators have held 13 failed votes on the House stopgap bill and are adjourned until Monday with no vote scheduled, leaving the 60‑vote filibuster hurdle intact.
  • Agencies reissued 30‑day furlough notices without explicit back pay assurances after new OMB guidance, even as a Justice Department lawyer told a court taxpayers will owe retroactive wages.
  • Roughly 730,000 federal employees are working without pay and about 670,000 are furloughed, with Capitol Hill staff missing paychecks and some lawmakers declining their own salaries.
  • SNAP benefits for more than 42 million people face an immediate lapse around Nov. 1; a Rhode Island judge ordered emergency funds released, but USDA says it lacks sufficient funding and authority.
  • Airport delays mounted in the New York area as staffing strains grew, major business associations urged a clean continuing resolution, and CBO projected up to $14 billion in permanent GDP losses if the shutdown lasts eight weeks.