Updated October 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM EDT

Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to reach an agreement on government funding.

The Republican-controlled House passed a bill earlier this month that would keep the government funded at the current levels through Nov. 21. Senate Democrats refused to support that bill in an effort to force Republicans to negotiate on Affordable Care ACt subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year.

Democats introduced their own short-term measure that would fund the government through the end of October and extend those expiring health care subsidies. Republicans blocked that measure. Both bills needed 60 votes to pass, and both failed largely along party lines.

Shortly after the failed v

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