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At midnight, September 30 into October 1, the federal appropriations will lapse and the government will shut down. That's next Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Despite promises to do so, the GOP has not advanced a budget or spending bills for Fiscal Year 2026 and the only way the government will remain open will be for Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR). It could be a "clean CR" which means to simply extend for a given period of time at existing funding levels, or it can be burdened with whatever provisions they choose to tack on. Last week, the House passed CR with a few provisions mostly about enhanced security for Congress and federal officials. But it only keeps the government open until November 25.
The Senate cannot go to full vote without cloture and the cannot hit cloture without 60 votes - so the Democrats do have leverage with respect to the filibuster. Schumer has said they want to go to the table to negotiate to at least get some repeal of some of the Medicaid and other provisions of the "Big Beautiful Bill" - but Trump rejected their request to meet with him and Thune has similarly been unwilling.
It seems likely that Schumer is going to have to choose between supporting something like what the House passed with no gains at all for Democrats, or push the government into shut down to see if that brings more leverage to get something. Democrats are clearly calling for a more aggressive approach but Schumer also knows that shutdowns are bad and it will be difficult to pin this on anyone else but himself and Senate Democrats.
Despite promises to do so, the GOP has not advanced a budget or spending bills for Fiscal Year 2026 and the only way the government will remain open will be for Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR). It could be a "clean CR" which means to simply extend for a given period of time at existing funding levels, or it can be burdened with whatever provisions they choose to tack on. Last week, the House passed CR with a few provisions mostly about enhanced security for Congress and federal officials. But it only keeps the government open until November 25.
The Senate cannot go to full vote without cloture and the cannot hit cloture without 60 votes - so the Democrats do have leverage with respect to the filibuster. Schumer has said they want to go to the table to negotiate to at least get some repeal of some of the Medicaid and other provisions of the "Big Beautiful Bill" - but Trump rejected their request to meet with him and Thune has similarly been unwilling.
It seems likely that Schumer is going to have to choose between supporting something like what the House passed with no gains at all for Democrats, or push the government into shut down to see if that brings more leverage to get something. Democrats are clearly calling for a more aggressive approach but Schumer also knows that shutdowns are bad and it will be difficult to pin this on anyone else but himself and Senate Democrats.
