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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.

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.