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Shutdown Hits Day 6 as Senate Readies New Votes and Layoff Threats Escalate

Democrats are withholding votes unless Republicans agree to extend expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.

Overview

  • The Senate plans a late‑afternoon vote on competing stopgap bills that each face long odds without bipartisan support under the 60‑vote threshold.
  • Democrats seek an immediate extension of ACA premium tax credits and legal limits on the administration’s ability to cancel or freeze approved funds, with some also pushing to address Medicaid cuts.
  • The White House has warned of permanent layoffs rather than traditional furloughs if the stalemate persists, and officials have already frozen roughly $28 billion for projects in New York, California and Illinois.
  • A federal judge temporarily blocked a National Guard deployment to Portland, and early polling shows more Americans blaming President Trump and Republicans for the shutdown than Democrats.
  • Nonessential services are curtailed, hundreds of thousands of employees face delayed pay starting later this week, and the House has canceled votes, leaving the Senate as the focal point for any breakthrough.