The Senate on Tuesday morning will hold its 13th vote on stopgap funding as the government shutdown nears the 4-week mark. Pressure is building on leaders from both parties to reopen the government, especially after millions of federal workers missed their first paycheck and the nation’s largest federal workers union called for an end

We are now three weeks into the government shutdown 2025, but another Senate vote today, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, will not take place on a House-backed measure to reopen the government. Senators will return this morning, but the shutdown continues as ...