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Published Wed, Oct 22 202512:23 PM EDT

Key Points

  • The authorities shutdown became the second-longest national backing lapse successful U.S. history.
  • The 2 longest shutdowns person some occurred with President Donald Trump successful office.
  • Democrats privation immoderate short-term backing measure to see an hold of enhanced taxation credits nether the Affordable Care Act that are acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the year.

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The U.S. government shutdown connected Wednesday entered its 22nd day, becoming the second-longest national funding lapse ever, with nary extremity successful sight.

The milestone means that the 2 longest shutdowns person some occurred portion President Donald Trump was successful office.

The longest shutdown began successful December 2018, successful Trump's archetypal term, and dragged connected for astir 5 weeks. That shutdown stemmed from a quality astir backing Trump's contentious migration policy.

The existent shutdown resulted from Senate Democrats refusing to ballot for a short-term authorities backing measure sponsored by Republicans, due to the fact that it lacks further spending connected wellness attraction and different provisions.

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Democrats privation immoderate backing measure to widen enhanced taxation credits nether the Affordable Care Act, without which wellness security premiums for millions of Americans could emergence importantly successful 2026. Those credits are acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the year.

Republicans person accused Democrats of holding the authorities hostage and person refused to negociate connected wellness attraction issues until aft the shutdown is over.

Republicans clasp a 53-47 bulk successful the Senate. But 60 votes are needed to walk immoderate backing bill.

A stopgap backing solution that antecedently passed successful the GOP-controlled House has failed to walk successful the Senate 11 times.

A Republican-backed measure that would solely assistance backing to the U.S. subject failed successful a procedural vote past Thursday.

There was nary ballot scheduled for Wednesday arsenic of 10:45 a.m. ET.

"We person negotiated. I don't cognize what determination is to negotiate," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said aft gathering with Trump astatine the White House connected Tuesday.

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"This is astir opening up the government," Thune said. "We person offered them respective off-ramps now. The Democrats privation thing that's wholly untenable."

Democratic leaders successful Congress person asked to talk with Trump and privation him to get progressive successful negotiations to resoluteness the shutdown.

Asked if Trump volition talk with Democrats, Thune told reporters, "At immoderate point, but unfastened up the authorities first."