Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

The Senate will return today, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, but a Senate vote today on a House-backed bill to fund and reopen the government is not currently scheduled as the shutdown enters a fifth week.

Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care ...

President Trump signed a government funding package at the White House late Wednesday, formally ending the longest government ...

The Senate on Monday passed a short-term government funding bill and sent it to the House, where a vote could come as early as Wednesday. A key House committee voted 8-4 to advance the legislation ...

The government shutdown is one step closer to ending after the House Rules Committee advanced the Senate’s short-term funding ...

The Senate’s first weekend session since the beginning of the shutdown yielded few signs of progress Saturday as Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s wish for a quick vote never materialized.