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Shutdown Enters Third Week as Senate Standoff Drags On and Aviation Pressures Rise

Democrats are insisting on extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, leaving about 1.4 million federal workers unpaid or furloughed as costs escalate and November SNAP benefits face funding risk.

Air traffic controller Emil Watson uses Data Comm, part of the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation system in the control tower at Miami International Airport on March 6, 2017 in Miami, Florida.
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The dome of the U.S. Capitol behind the U.S. Botanic Gardens Conservatory during the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 15, 2025.
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Overview

  • On day 16, the Senate rejected the GOP stopgap for a ninth time and set another vote for 11 a.m. ET Thursday as negotiations remain deadlocked.
  • Roughly 750,000 federal employees are furloughed and about 690,000 are working without pay, with the administration threatening to withhold back pay and a judge temporarily blocking some RIF layoffs.
  • TSA officers and air traffic controllers have received their last partial paychecks for now; unions warn longer security lines and flight delays could grow as the FAA reports staffing shortages and isolated tower outages.
  • The economic toll is mounting, with the CBO estimating $400 million per day in lost wages for furloughed workers and Treasury citing White House CEA analysis of up to $15 billion per week in broader economic costs.
  • State impacts vary, with WalletHub ranking D.C., Hawaii and New Mexico as most affected and Indiana and Minnesota among the least; Long Island economists estimate lost federal wages could equal about 1% of the region’s GDP while the shutdown persists.