Government on Brink of Shutdown After Senate Blocks GOP Funding Plan
Republicans continue to ask for a simple, short-term spending extension while Democrats seek extensive changes in health care funding.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.), and Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), speaks during a press conference as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The federal government will shut down at midnight on Sept. 30 after the Senate rejected two temporary funding bills, known as continuing resolutions, just five hours before the deadline.
One resolution was sponsored by Democrats and the other by Republicans. Both resolutions required 60 votes for passage in the Senate, and both failed largely along party lines, as they had already done on Sept. 19.
Lawrence Wilson covers politics for The Epoch Times.
