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Government shutdown updates: Senate vote marks step towards ending federal shutdown

PHOTO: American flags flutter in front of the U.S. Capitol more than a month into the continuing U.S. government shutdown in Washington, November 7, 2025.
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Enough Senate Democrats vote with Republicans to break government shutdown impasse
By Kevin Shalvey, Alexandra Hutzler, Jon Haworth, David Brennan
Last Updated: November 7, 2025, 9:30 PM

President Donald Trump on Sunday offered a bit more insight into his proposal that Obamacare subsidies should go directly to Americans' Health Savings Accounts to pay for health care rather than sending funds to insurance companies through the Affordable Care Act.

Meanwhile, the Senate voted Sunday night on a test vote that would fund the government through Jan. 31 and end the 40-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. Enough Democrats voted to pass the bill.

And the Department of Agriculture in a late Saturday night memo ordered states to reverse any steps they've taken to issue SNAP benefits and threatened to impose financial penalties on states that do not “comply” quickly.

Key Headlines

  • Enough Democrats are expected to vote to move funding bill forward: Sources
  • Test vote in Senate could show if there’s momentum toward ending shutdown
  • White House tells court states are ‘unauthorized’ to issue SNAP benefits
Here's how the news is developing.

Nov 07, 2025 9:30 PM

Trump calls on Senate not to leave until they have a deal

President Donald Trump fired off against the Senate in a social media post Friday evening and called on them not to "leave town until they have a Deal."

"If they can’t reach a Deal, the Republicans should terminate the Filibuster, IMMEDIATELY, and take care of our Great American Workers!" he posted.

PHOTO: President Donald J Trump holds a lists of potential legislation should Republicans remove the Senate filibuster, as he hosts a bilateral lunch with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, November 7, 2025.
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President Donald J Trump holds a lists of potential legislation should Republicans remove the Senate filibuster, as he hosts a bilateral lunch with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington, November 7, 2025.
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Nov 07, 2025 9:30 PM

Senate Republicans brush off Democrats' proposal

Senate Republicans, heading into a leadership meeting on Friday afternoon, projected that the Democratic offer made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier Friday is a "non-starter" -- at least in its current form.

"I think everybody who follows this knows that's a nonstarter. There is no way. The Obamacare extension is the negotiation. That's what we're going to negotiate, once the government opens up," Senate Majority Leader John Thune said.

Sen. Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, seemed angered by the proposal.

PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks on the floor of the Senate in Washington, Nov. 7, 2025.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks on the floor of the Senate in Washington, Nov. 7, 2025.
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"They're okay with people needing food, not getting food stamps, but they want to make sure people get health care subsidies that could be worth a million bucks. How? Tell me how that makes any sense. That's exactly what they're doing," he said.

Still, Republicans say the offer is a step in the right direction. They said it shows Democrats are willing to negotiate.

"I think it's an indication that they're, yeah, I mean, they're feeling the heat, and they know that their last proposal was unserious and unrealistic. But so I guess you can characterize that as progress, but I just don't think that it gets anywhere close to what we need to do here, and they know it," Thune said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin and Isabella Murray


Nov 07, 2025 8:03 PM

Thune says Senate will 'roll into the weekend'

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters after a fiery floor speech on Friday that the Senate will "roll into the weekend."

Earlier in the day, Thune said he expected the Senate to be in town this weekend.

"Our members are going to be advised to be available if in fact there is a need to vote, and we will see what happens and whether or not, over the course of the next couple of days, the Democrats find a way to reengage again," Thune had said.

PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters on day 37 of the government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, November 6, 2025.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters on day 37 of the government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, November 6, 2025.
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images


Nov 07, 2025 8:00 PM

House will be out of session next week

The House will officially be out of session again next week amid the government shutdown for the eighth week in a row. The lower chamber held its last vote on Sept. 19 -- 49 days ago.

The House was slated to be on recess next week.

During the Friday afternoon pro forma session, the clerk read a message from the speaker of the House designating Monday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 16 as a "district work period."

Speaker Mike Johnson has kept his chamber on a 48-hour notice return, meaning the House will be out unless there is Senate action to resolve the government shutdown.

There are no committee hearings or markups scheduled in the House next week.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller


Nov 04, 2025 2:06 PM

Senate to hold 14th vote to try to advance funding bill

Senators will once again vote on Tuesday whether to reopen the government. This will be the 14th time that senators cast votes on a clean, House-passed bill that would reopen the government until Nov. 21.

It would need 60 votes to advance. So far, in previous votes, Sen. Rand Paul has been the lone Republican to vote against this bill and Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and independent Angus King have voted for it. Republicans remain in the hunt for five additional Democrats to flip sides and vote to advance this bill.

PHOTO: Sun sets on the 34th day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 3, 2025.
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Sun sets on the 34th day of the government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 3, 2025.
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Though there have been murmurs on Capitol Hill of promising talks between rank-and-file members, no other Senate Democrats have said they intend to switch their vote.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin


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