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Shutdown Enters Week 2 as Senate Democrats Block Clean Funding and Press for ACA Subsidies

Military paychecks could be missed next week unless Congress breaks the impasse.

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)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer takes a question during a "pen and pad" meeting with reporters at the US Capitol on October 8, 2025. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal last week.

Overview

  • The Senate rejected Republicans’ clean stopgap for a sixth time in a 54-45 vote, short of the 60 needed to advance.
  • Democrats are withholding votes until enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits are extended, centering the fight on preventing higher insurance costs.
  • The White House and OMB have floated workforce cuts and raised doubts about automatic back pay, drawing private GOP warnings as agencies freeze or roll back funding.
  • Republicans show strains in strategy, with Speaker Mike Johnson wavering on a standalone bill to pay troops and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urging action to extend ACA subsidies.
  • Early polls show more voters blaming President Trump and Republicans, as the White House, Johnson and Vice President J.D. Vance attack Chuck Schumer over his “every day gets better for us” remark.