10/10/2025

No Deal as the Shutdown Marches toward Week Three

“Emotions are high. People are upset — I’m upset," said Speaker Mike Johnson

Lawmakers are desperately throwing around ideas on how to end the shutdown as it heads toward its third week — and as federal workers start feeling the hole in their paychecks Friday.

The Senate officially headed home for the long weekend and will return Tuesday to vote for an eighth time on the GOP-led continuing resolution (CR). Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can still force one more vote on the Democratic stopgap.

However, Republicans are not expected to let him file cloture again on his party’s bill, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) told POLITICO. The shift in strategy to cut off more votes on the dueling funding measure is a bid to force Democrats to make a binary choice on the GOP-led bill.

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