Overview

• On day eight, the Senate held a sixth round of votes and both stopgap bills failed, with the GOP plan falling 54–45 and the Democratic proposal with an ACA subsidy extension failing 47–52.
• Democrats refuse to support a short-term funding bill without extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits set to lapse at year’s end, with KFF estimating steep premium hikes if they expire.
• Republicans insist health policy talks should follow reopening the government, though cracks have emerged as figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Josh Hawley and Susan Collins acknowledge concerns about premium spikes.
• House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected a bipartisan one‑year extension sponsored by Reps. Jen Kiggans and Tom Suozzi as a nonstarter, even as that bill drew co-sponsors from both parties.
• The White House signaled some furloughed employees may not automatically receive back pay, raising fresh uncertainty, while military pay due Oct. 15 and air travel delays from unpaid controllers highlight growing fallout.