Overview

• Funding for most federal agencies expires after midnight Tuesday, triggering a partial shutdown on Wednesday without a deal.
• Republicans, who hold 53 Senate seats, urge passage of a seven-week clean stopgap through Nov. 21 but need Democratic votes to clear the 60‑vote threshold.
• Schumer, Jeffries, Thune and Johnson will meet the president in the Oval Office after Trump previously canceled a planned session with Democratic leaders.
• The White House directed agencies to prepare reduction‑in‑force plans alongside typical furloughs, an unusual step that heightens pressure on negotiators.
• Essential services such as Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ benefits, air traffic control and USPS would continue during a shutdown, with furloughed workers guaranteed back pay by law.