Overview

• Two Senate attempts to advance stopgap funding on Monday failed to reach the 60 votes required, including tallies of 52–42 and 45–50, marking the fifth unsuccessful vote.
• President Donald Trump said federal employee firings are beginning, and a senior White House official indicated mass layoffs would proceed if talks go nowhere.
• The administration has frozen at least $28 billion in infrastructure funds for New York, California and Illinois, escalating its use of budgetary leverage during the lapse.
• Republicans are pushing a short-term continuing resolution to late November, while Democrats insist any deal must include an ACA subsidy extension before they supply votes.
• Roughly two million federal workers face delayed pay as agencies curtail operations, and leaders from both parties report no formal negotiations have resumed.