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U.S. Government Shuts Down After Senate Deadlock on Funding

A standoff over health-care provisions forces agencies to execute OMB shutdown plans with essential staff working without pay.

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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)
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)
A view of the U.S. Capitol building a day before a partial government shutdown is scheduled to take place, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 30, 2025.

Overview

  • Senators rejected both a GOP seven-week stopgap (55–45) and a Democratic alternative that required 60 votes, triggering a funding lapse at midnight.
  • OMB Director Russell Vought ordered an orderly shutdown as the CBO estimates roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed daily and designated essential workers continue without pay pending back pay.
  • Democrats are withholding votes unless a measure extends Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and reverses recent Medicaid cuts, which Republican leaders refuse to add to a short-term bill.
  • President Donald Trump threatened mass firings and program cuts during the shutdown, signaling potential personnel and policy moves while agencies scale back operations.
  • National parks remain partially open and TSA agents and air traffic controllers are on duty, but trade groups warn of growing disruptions and about $1 billion a week in economic costs if the closure persists, even as Social Security and Medicare continue with possible delays for new applications.