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Shutdown Likely at Midnight as Health-Care Standoff Blocks Senate Vote

Democrats say any stopgap must include an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, speaks to the media next to U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, on the day President Donald Trump meets with top congressional leaders from both parties, just ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 29, 2025.
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Overview

  • The Senate is set for additional procedural votes, but the House-passed short-term funding bill to Nov. 21 appears short of the 60 votes required, with Republicans needing at least seven Democrats.
  • Democrats are holding out for a permanent extension of ACA premium tax credits and a rollback of Medicaid cuts, while Republicans push a clean continuing resolution without policy changes.
  • President Donald Trump said a shutdown is "probably likely" and warned of potential "irreversible" actions such as program cuts and layoffs, as OMB directed agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans.
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates roughly 750,000 federal workers could be furloughed daily, with essential personnel like TSA officers and air traffic controllers working without pay; travel groups warn of up to $1 billion in weekly economic losses.
  • Agencies and states outlined near-term disruptions including halted SBA loans, paused EPA cleanups, the likely delay of the Labor Department’s unemployment report, and warnings of unpaid service members and reduced access to assistance programs.