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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appriations and Extensions Act as he speaks next to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a press conference on the third day of a partial shutdown of the federal government at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 3, 2025.
Jonathan Ernst | ReutersThe Senate on Friday once again did not pass dueling funding bills that would have kept the three-day-old government shutdown from stretching into next week.The attempts to pass both Republicans' "clean" resolution, which would resume funding at current levels through late November, and Democrats' version, which includes additional health-care funding and other measures, was expected not to succeed.The same competing resolutions previously failed multiple times in the Senate, including on the eve of the shutdown and after it began Wednesday morning.The shutdown is now all but guaranteed to drag on until at least Monday.Read more CNBC government shutdown coverageGovernment shutdown : Senate set to vote again on funding bills'We're headed to a shutdown,' Vance says after Trump meeting with leaders endsDemocrats refuse to cave on health care before meeting with Trump on government shutdownTrump threatens mass firings of federal workers if shutdown isn't averted, NBC News reportsGOP leaders say Obamacare tax credit fight can wait until after shutdown is avertedTop Democrat slams Trump for attending Ryder Cup golf event as shutdown loomsHere's what to know a federal government shutdownHealth viders could lose $32 billion if ACA credits at center of shutdown fight expireDemocrats dig in on health care demands with government shutdown days awayTrump OMB orders prep for mass firings of federal workers if government shuts downTrump cancels meeting with top Democrats as government shutdown loomsTrump to meet top Dems as their health care demands fuel government shutdown riskBoth parties' leaders so far have shown more interest in convincing Americans that the other is to blame for the impasse than in working out a commise.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Friday accused his Democratic opponents of being cowed by the far left of their party into obstructing President Donald Trump's agenda."It's all President Trump and the Democrats needing to pick a fight to satisfy their far left political base, far left activist organizations who are the tail wagging the dog right now," Thune said.
"That's all this is ."House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said earlier on MSNBC that the president bears responsibility.Trump "is in the presidential witness tection gram — no one can find him when it comes to the government shutdown issue, because he knows he's responsible for having caused it," Jeffries said.Meanwhile, the funding lapse is expected to lead to the furlough of an estimated 750,000 federal employees and trigger the temporary closure of a slew of government grams and offices.The Trump administration, which was already working to shrink the size of the government, is warning that the shutdown could lead to permanent layoffs of thousands of federal workers — despite that not happening during prior funding lapses.Read more CNBC coverageWatch: Trump details plan to end Israel war with Hamas in GazaDemocrats refuse to cave on health care before Trump government shutdown meetingTrump bashes Zohran Mamdani after Eric Adams drops out of New York mayor's raceTrump 'Truths' tariffs on films and furniture raise questions on detailsTrump threatens mass firings if shutdown isn't averted: NBC NewsRepublicans say Obamacare tax credit fight can wait until after shutdown avertedJD Vance on Tiktok: U.S.
'successfully separated' TikTok from China's ByteDanceEric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral racePresident Trump posts cartoon image depicting him firing Fed Chief Powell won't care if Trump fires Fed Governor Cook, DOJ tells Supreme CourtMoney manager Howard Rubin detained on sex trafficking chargesFormer FBI Director James Comey indicted after Trump called for chargesTrump said Thursday that Democrats gave him an "unprecedented opportunity" to cut what he described as "Democrat Agencies."While it was un precisely what that meant, Trump's warning came a day after his administration froze $18 billion in Department of Transportation funds for two big infrastructure jects in New York City, and said the Department of Energy had cancelled nearly $8 billion in climate-related jects and other initiatives in 16 states that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris won in the 2024 election.On Friday morning, the DOT froze another $2.1 billion in federal funds allocated for Chicago's transit system.watch now3:3503:35Sen.
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