Overview

• Two Senate attempts to advance funding bills failed Friday, including a 54–44 vote that fell well short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster, pushing the next votes to Monday.
• Roughly 750,000 federal employees face furloughs or unpaid work, with some reports citing up to 900,000 affected, and the CBO estimates about $400 million in lost pay each day.
• A White House Council of Economic Advisers memo pegs the economic hit near $15 billion in GDP per week, with broader risks including delayed federal data releases.
• President Trump and OMB Director Russ Vought have frozen infrastructure funds targeted at Democratic-led jurisdictions, including about $18 billion for New York and $2.1 billion for Chicago, and are studying broader cuts and potential firings.
• Senate dynamics showed limited movement as Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman and independent Angus King again backed the GOP bill and Republican Rand Paul opposed it, while polling reported by multiple outlets shows more voters blaming Republicans for the shutdown.