No Clear Path Forward as Government Shutdown Looms: What to Know

Republicans need Democrats’ help to keep the government open. Democrats have made a $1 trillion demand in exchange for that assistance.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

With the deadline for a government shutdown less than a week away, there’s no clear agreement between the two major parties on how to move forward.

Government funding is set to expire on Sept. 30. Republicans have been broadly united in their support of a clean continuing resolution (CR), Washington terminology for a stopgap funding bill. President Donald Trump has also backed a clean CR.