GOP may have to rewrite government funding bill as shutdown hits 1 month mark
The CR would have originally provided lawmakers a seven-week window to finish all 12 annual appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026.
By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square
Published: November 2, 2025 6:56pm
The ongoing government shutdown has dragged on for a month as Senate Democrats have blocked Republicans’ temporary funding bill more than a dozen times.
With senators heading home for the weekend and no end to the shutdown in sight, Republicans may have to rewrite the House-passed Continuing Resolution to push forward its original Nov. 21 funding end date.
The CR would have originally provided lawmakers a seven-week window to finish all 12 annual appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026 as federal funding remained on cruise control. But lawmakers have now wasted over half that time period due to the shutdown.
Democrats are sticking with their health care policy ultimatums. In exchange for Democratic votes, they want Republican leaders to guarantee an extension of the pandemic-era expansion of Obamacare Premium Tax Credits, set to expire Dec. 31. Republicans have refused.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has advised against extending the expanded PTC, warning lawmakers that if they agree to the $350 billion proposal cost, they will make the government reopening the most expensive in American history.
Both sides blame each other for the shutdown.
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