USA Capitol in the evening on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, a few hours before the closure of the federal government. (Photo Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
Washington – Senate Democrats and Republicans remained on an impassive Wednesday when government offices closed, and hundreds of thousands of federal employees stood before the fur on the first day of closing the government, which showed no signs of ending.
Proposals from each side of the transition to finance and re -open the government failed during the morning votes, reflecting the same votes as on Tuesday evening, when legislators I could not achieve a contract A few hours before the government, there was no money.
Forecast impartial congressed budgetary office up to 750,000 Federal employees could be twisted, which leads to $ 400 million a day impact on the economy.
Closed in their positions, Republicans did not receive enough Democrats to achieve 60 votes needed to develop the plan to finance the government until November 21.
Senators will break on Thursday to observe Jom Kippur, but they will come back on Friday to vote again on financing proposals.
Democratic meaning. Catherine Cortez Masto from Nevada and John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, along with the independent Angus King Maine, joined the Republicans again in 55-45 Vote for the Act on expenses at the stop at home. GOP Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky voted no.
Democrats also did not find support to go their account to finance the government until October 31, withdraw GOP cuts to Medicaid and permanently extend the subsidies that involve the costs of health insurance contributions of the Act on inexpensive care for the level of recording income.
Democrats failed to develop their plan in the party line 47-53 vote. The king who voted in favor with the democrats.
Closure related to tax reliefs in the field of healthcare
Democrats of the Senate and home say that they will not support the GOP road to re -open the government, unless the Republicans agree to negotiate the growing costs of healthcare.
The leader of the home minority, Hakeem Jeffries, said at a press conference that the Democrats are “ready to sit with any time and anywhere to re -open the government, to adopt an expenditure agreement that meets the needs of the American nation and deal with the destructive republican health care crises, which caused extraordinary damage to people in the whole country.”
The New York Democrat pointed to damage in “Country America, Workers’ Class, urban America, a small town of America, The Heartland of America and Black and Brown of the Community throughout America.”
Democratic leader Blitzed Capitol Hill with a message about healthcare, maintaining Press conferences and attending Evening rally Tuesday on the lawn in front of the US House.
They pointed to fresh data published this week showing annual insurance premiums could be on average double in 2026 analysis from the NON -PROFIT of KFF health policy.
Open registration to next year’s ACa health insurance plans opens on November 1 in most states and October 15 in Idaho.
Downloading ACa health insurance plans is more than doubled According to KFF, to over 24 million, compared to 11 million, from the time the subsidy was introduced in 2021.
During their own budget reconciliation agreement in 2022, the democrats extended the tax credits of the insurance premiums by the end of 2025. Most of the ACA registration in ACA are currently based on credits.
Democrats also want to assure that the Republicans of the White House and Senate do not cancel any funds that have already been approved by the Congress, as was the case this year, when administration legislators and GOP deprived the financing of medical research, foreign assistance and public broadcasting, among others.
“All this can end today”
GOP leaders in the Chamber and Senate still blame the Democrat Senate for closing the government at the expense of conditioned federal employees and Americans who rely on their services.
At the Wednesday morning press conference, the Marshal of the House Mike Johnson said: “Soldiers and agents of the border patrol will have to go to work, but they will work without remuneration.”
Johnson also claimed at a press conference that the benefits of veterans would end. The claim is false, as it will be the medical care of the veteran administration To continue Uninterrupted and veterinarians will also receive benefits, including compensation, retirement, education and apartments.
“When we speak here this morning, there are hundreds of thousands of federal employees who receive Furlough notifications. Almost half of our civil workforce is sent home-these are hard-working Americans who work for our federal government,” said a Republican of Louisiana, flanked by GOP colleagues of GOP leaders on a higher western terrace of the USA.
Johnson decided at the end of September, the house will be available until October 6, canceling the voices this week.
The speaker said that he would bring members of the Chamber back next week, even if the government is still closed.
“They will be here this week, except that we did our work – we passed the bill almost two weeks ago from home, we sent her to the Senate,” said Johnson. “The ball is literally (leader of the Senate minority) Chuck Schumer, so he defines it.”
The leader of most of the Senate, John Thune, said, “All this can end today” and “must end today.”
The Republican from Southern Dakota said that the expiry of financing could cease when the Democrats of the Senate vote for a “pure” miniature -term law on financing GOP.
“We will continue to cooperate with our home counterparts, with the President of the United States, to open this government again on behalf of the American people,” said Thune.
Double -sided agreement and Trump
Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Caine later said that a double -sided group huddled on the floor during votes to talk about the possible path of “healthcare corrections” and making sure that if a double -sided contract is collected, Trump’s administration will stick to it.
He said that Republican Senators could provide democrats that they would not vote for more applications for making the White House, which ask the Congress for canceling already approved government expenditure. But other problems, such as dismissal of federal employees for hundreds or thousands, must be the president’s promise.
“If I find a contract, should Congress follow her? Yes. Should the president follow her? Yes. Well, what if the president does not go? Oh, yes, you have a problem,” said Caine. “So you know, withdrawing, stopping, these are the words of the Senate. But the contract is a contract – people understand it.”
Kaine also emphasized that this is not a “pure” act on financing Stopgap, if Trump administration unilaterally cancels some expenses.
“In the past we voted for pure (constant resolutions), but the president showed that he would recover money,” said Kaine, referring to the technical name of the miniature -term financing act. “I mean that in Virginia, canceling $ 400 million for our public health, $ 40 million of economic projects has just collected a table, shooting more Virginians than any president.
“So we want you to agree, if we conclude a contract, honor the contract,” said Kaine. “There is not to ask so much.”
“People suffer”
The Republican Senator of North Carolina Thom Tillis said that he does not expect that closing will have long-term consequences of the ability of senators to negotiate bilateral agreements-the convenience in the upper room, which has a 60-voice threshold to develop regulations.
“It’s all transactional,” said Tillis. “I think there will be possibilities of bilateral work, but none of this happens, it cannot even be considered when you are in the closing.”
Cortez masto who he voted for progress The seven -week account of the Republicans of Stopgap, said that GOP “created this crisis” in the field of healthcare and “must be solved”.
“They have no moral position- there is no moral position- to say that it is all on democrats. They are under control. They created this crisis,” said Cortez Masto. “People suffer and have to come to the table.”
Republican senator Missouri Josh Hawley, who was sworn in for the first time during the last closure, said he was worried about long -term effects.
“I’m worried that it will poison well negotiations about many things,” said Hawley. “I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but I would just say that these tactics are very destructive. And this is destructive, not only for relationships, but for real people.”
Ariana Figueroa contributed to this report.
