Overview

• Senators return at 3 p.m. ET with a 5:30 p.m. ET vote scheduled on a GOP short‑term funding bill, the 11th attempt since Oct. 1.
• Republicans push a clean continuing resolution and have offered a future vote on a one‑year ACA credit extension, which Democrats reject as insufficient.
• Roughly 700,000 to 750,000 federal workers are furloughed or working without pay, with limited carve‑outs for military and certain Homeland Security personnel.
• About 24 million ACA marketplace customers face higher premiums if enhanced tax credits expire Dec. 31, with open enrollment starting Nov. 1 and local impacts such as nearly 100,000 affected on Long Island.
• Talks remain sparse since a Sept. 29 White House meeting, the House is largely recessed, and senators are weighing separate pay bills for ‘excepted’ workers as SNAP funding warnings grow for November.