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Shutdown Enters Week Two as Senate Again Blocks GOP Stopgap

Democrats say they will provide the needed votes only if a funding bill extends Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.

Rep. Michael Lawler, R-N.Y., left, confronts House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in a heated discussion to endorse House bill H.R.5145 that would extend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
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Overview

  • Senate Republicans fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the House-passed continuing resolution for a seventh time, leaving large parts of the government closed on Day 9.
  • Roughly 750,000 federal employees are furloughed and active-duty service members could miss pay starting Oct. 15, even as a bipartisan House bill to guarantee troop pay has about 150 co-sponsors.
  • Polling shows voters are more likely to blame President Trump and Republicans for the shutdown, a dynamic Democrats cite as they hold firm on an ACA subsidy extension.
  • The White House and OMB have frozen funding for targeted projects and questioned automatic backpay for furloughed workers, while threats of permanent cuts and firings have not yet been carried out.
  • Pressure inside the GOP is growing, with figures like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep. Jen Kiggans urging action on subsidies or troop pay, as Speaker Mike Johnson keeps the House out of session and insists on a clean stopgap.