The shutdown will stretch into its fifth week, with bipartisan negotiations stalled, federal workers missing paychecks and the impacts reverberating across the country, from airports to national parks.
Democrats and Republicans are not any closer to funding the government than they were on Oct. 1. Lawmakers blocked dueling bills to pay federal employees last week, and Senate Democrats for the 12th time rejected a GOP bill spending stopgap.
The Senate could continue voting on the Republican funding patch this week while working to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Democrats will also force three votes to end the Trump administration’s tariffs and give Congress more control over tariff policies.
But lawmakers are growing increasingly impatient as federal funding for parks maintenance, agricultural loans and air traffic controllers dries up. The White House has moved some funding around to maintain funding for troops and farmers, but the administration has warned that those workarounds are limited.
