watch now1:3401:34Government shutdown continues after Senate fails to pass stopgap funding billThe ExchangeThe Senate on Wednesday again rejected dueling Republican and Democratic funding posals to end the government shutdown, which stretched into its eighth day with no hint of gress toward a resolution.In a 54-45 vote, the Senate did not advance a GOP-led stopgap bill that would have funded the government through late November.
An alternative funding bill backed by Democrats also failed in a 47-52 vote around 12:50 p.m.
ET.The same three senators from the Democratic caucus who have voted with Republicans on previous votes — John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto, as well as Angus King of Maine, one of two independents in the caucus — did so again on Wednesday.Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., again voted with Democrats to oppose the GOP measure. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, did not vote.The competing stopgaps had already failed to pass in five previous votes.U.S.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks next to Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) during a press conference at the U.S.
Capitol on the third day of a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 3, 2025.
Nathan Howard | ReutersBoth parties' leaders blame each other for the shutdown, which began on Oct.
1.Republicans, who hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress, want a short-term measure that will resume funding the U.S. government at current levels through Nov.
21.Democrats demand that any such bill include health-care tections — especially an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year."Republicans are shutting down the government because they refuse to fix and address the crisis in American healthcare," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said before the votes began.Sen.
Susan Collins of Maine has floated a possible off-ramp to the shutdown that would include GOP commitments on a deal related to enhanced Obamacare tax credits, Punchbowl News reported.But her posal — which suggests a conversation ACA extensions after the government reopens — did not sway any Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.Republicans currently need eight votes from senators in the Democratic caucus to pass their short-term funding measure to overcome the Senate's 60-vote filibuster rules.Read more CNBC government shutdown coverageTrump suggests not all furloughed workers will get back pay: ‘It depends’Republicans face pressure to consider Democrats' health care demands as shutdown drags onFunding bill falls short again in Senate, extending government shutdownThe shutdown meant no jobs report.
Carlyle's analysis shows it would have been pretty badMissing this pay date may be too much for Trump and Congress to long shutdownThe shutdown meant no jobs report.
Here's what it would have said the economyDemocratic leader Jeffries challenges GOP House Speaker Johnson to debate shutdown'There will start to be layoffs' if Trump decides shutdown talks have stalled, Hassett saysTrump could 'start taking sharp measures' if next government funding bills fail: HassettAffordable Care Act premiums will rise 114% in 2026 if subsidies expire: KFFTrump admin freezes $2.1 billion for Chicago jects, blames Democrats for shutdown holdupShutdown fallout: Energy Dept.
axes billions for green jects in blue statesTrump administration cancels nearly $8 billion in climate funding to blue states: VoughtGovernment shutdown : Stalemate to last at least three daysTrump touts shutdown as 'unprecedented opportunity' to cut more Democratic prioritiesGovernment shutdown fight hinges on ACA tax credits — and if some immigrants should getPresident Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have largely refused to negotiate with Democrats, whom they accuse of holding the government hostage.The Democrats' funding posal "doesn't pass here, doesn't pass the House, wouldn't get signed into law by the president," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the chamber floor after Schumer.The White House has also warned that federal workers will be fired, and floated the possibility of denying back pay to furloughed employees, if the shutdown drags on much longer.But House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Wednesday that he agrees that federal law requires furloughed workers to be paid upon their return to work.This is news.
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