Following meeting with the White House on a potential shutdown and Democrats' concerns over healthcare, Schumer said the president "seemed to understand for the first time the magnitude of this crisis." Says they're still far apart but said POTUS heard their concerns.

Here we go, Senate voting now on the GOP funding extension. All signs point to shutdown. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Senate rejects funding extension through Nov. 21 by a vote of 55-45 (it needed 60 votes to pass.) The only two Dems to join w/ Republicans to pass it were Catherine Cortez Masto & John Fetterman, plus independent Angus King. Rand Paul joined with most Dems in opposing it.

The first government shutdown since 2019 has begun washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Periodic reminder that Hill Democratic leaders are from... New York City

NEW: The White House is furloughing a third of its staff but all of DOGE will stay on, as well as 437 OMB staffers politico.com/news/2025/10/0…

Trump’s pledge that he’s open to a health-care compromise has Democrats keen to make a deal — and conservatives eager to blow it up. A look at the Obamacare state of play with Riley Beggin and Theodoric Meyer. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Rep. Jason Smith calls for changes to Senate filibuster on Bloomberg TV's Balance of Power. “The 60-vote filibuster over the United States Senate, they need to break that right now if it means delivering paychecks for military and to open up government." h/t Chris Cioffi

… while Johnson refuses to swear her in, her offices are shuttered. No one is helping constituents. There is no staff. He’s denying her a seat because of a political reason. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. My column: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Gallego says he’ll accept a GOP promise to extend ACA subsidies and vote on the CR — as long as that CR lapses “a couple days before Nov. 1.” That way “if they screw us, then I’d just go back and shut it down again.”

Appropriators are some of the most powerful people on Capitol Hill - but that power is slowly slipping away as the White House makes its own spending moves and Congress doesn't stand up for itself. w/ Liz Goodwin & Marianna Sotomayor washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns. wapo.st/4n37b87

NEW via ⁦Liz Goodwin⁩ : “If Congress lays down its arms on its most fundamental authority, I don’t know what leg they’re going to have to stand on going forward,” said ⁦Brendan Buck⁩, ex-aide to former GOP House speakers Ryan and Boehner. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

NEWS: The Executive Committees of the Congressional Press Galleries stand in strong solidarity with the Pentagon Press Association as it defends freedom of the press. Our RTCA board voted this week unanimously to join the following statement:

The government shutdown is entering its 4th week. Join me, (((Jacob Bogage))) and Hannah Natanson tomorrow at 11 AM ET to answer your questions live (and/or submit your questions in advance below) washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

Wow, bleak vibes for the future of Congress’ job to shape spending: “If I were betting man, I would say that there's at least a 50-50 chance that for the rest of President Trump's term, we will fund government through CRs and recission packages,” says Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)

Trump’s commitment to helping Argentina and its embattled president -- a political ally -- has appeared at odds with his “America First” platform, raising rare objections from some in his base. via Natalie Allison Abha Bhattarai & Riley Beggin washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Trump’s commitment to helping Argentina and its embattled president -- a political ally -- has appeared at odds with his “America First” platform, raising rare objections from some in his base. via Natalie Allison Abha Bhattarai & Riley Beggin washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…