Overview

• The White House Office of Management and Budget directed federal agencies to activate shutdown contingency plans after funding lapsed at midnight on Oct. 1.
• A Republican-backed continuing resolution drew 55 votes to 45 in the Senate, falling short of the 60 needed to advance.
• The failed proposal would have kept spending at current levels through Nov. 21, which Democrats opposed without health-care provisions.
• The Congressional Budget Office estimated roughly 750,000 federal employees will be furloughed during the shutdown.
• President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the lapse and said the shutdown could enable firing many federal workers and cutting social programs.