Overview
- Senators failed for the 13th time to advance the House’s short-term funding bill, with a 55–44 vote falling short of the 60 needed, and the chamber is set to reconvene Oct. 30 with no clear path forward.
- USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service told states to hold November SNAP issuance, and a Democratic bid for a standalone SNAP/WIC funding measure was blocked on the Senate floor.
- Tens of thousands of federal employees have missed paychecks, including air traffic controllers, as unions press for reopening and back pay.
- SBA officials say federal loan guarantees are paused, constricting small‑business capital as the shutdown’s economic costs mount.
- President Trump, traveling in Asia, says he will not negotiate until the government reopens, and the House has remained out of session since passing its clean continuing resolution.