Overview

• Both a House-passed Republican 'clean' continuing resolution and a Democratic alternative failed to clear the Senate’s 60‑vote threshold, stalling funding talks days before the Sept. 30 deadline.
• Senators are out until Sept. 29 and the House is not slated to return until after the deadline, compressing the window for any deal and making a shutdown a near-term possibility.
• Democratic leaders are conditioning support on extending expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, reversing recent Medicaid cuts, and curbing unilateral rescissions after OMB’s pocket rescissions this summer.
• Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries asked President Trump for a meeting to avert a lapse as Trump urges GOP leaders to avoid negotiating with Democrats and publicly blames them for a potential closure.
• Republicans plan to press the same seven-week CR when the Senate returns, with leaders signaling possible targeted votes during a shutdown, and Sen. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to back the GOP bill in the failed vote.