Overview

• The Senate did not hold a sixth vote Tuesday to advance either party’s stopgap after five prior attempts failed to reach the 60‑vote threshold.
• A new OMB memo suggests up to 750,000 furloughed federal employees may not automatically receive back pay despite a 2019 law, drawing bipartisan pushback.
• President Trump signaled openness to negotiating an extension of expiring ACA subsidies but said funding must be restored first, while Democratic leaders disputed that talks are underway.
• Senate Democrats are conditioning their votes on extending ACA premium tax credits and reversing recent Medicaid cuts, as Republicans press for a short-term “clean” continuing resolution through Nov. 21.
• The administration has frozen or canceled billions in grants and warned of possible layoffs, federal paychecks are at risk this week, and House leaders have kept the chamber in recess to pressure Senate Democrats.