The US fiscal year, or spending year, begins on October 1. (Image: www.denisonforum.org)

New Delhi: Voting on the funding bill is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 September 2025, in the USA. If the bill isn’t passed by 12 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, government funding will be halted for the first time in Trump’s second term. This is referred to as a “government shutdown.”

The two major parties in the US, the Democrats and Republicans, are at odds over the Obama healthcare subsidy programme. This has increased the risk of government operations collapsing and 900,000 employees being forced to leave.

What do Democrats want?

Democrats want to increase healthcare subsidies. Republicans fear that increasing subsidies will require more money for government spending, which will impact other gover

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