Overview

• Federal funding runs out Sept. 30 with negotiations unresolved, keeping the risk of a partial shutdown high.
• The White House requested a stopgap through Jan. 31, while House and Senate appropriators are pushing for a two- to three-month CR ending in November.
• Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries say they will withhold votes unless the stopgap extends enhanced ACA subsidies and addresses Medicaid cuts.
• Leaders are weighing a short CR paired with three Senate-passed appropriations bills, and the House moved to set up a formal conference on those measures.
• Defense appropriators, including Rep. Ken Calvert, warn a long CR would hinder DoD by blocking new program starts, and KFF estimates 22 million could face higher premiums if ACA subsidies expire.