Government shutdown updates: Enough Democrats expected to vote to pass funding test vote

Government shutdown updates: Enough Democrats expected to vote to pass funding test vote

The Senate is expected to vote Sunday evening on whether to begin debate on a short-term funding bill that would reopen the government.

Multiple Senate sources told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl that the bill would extend funding to Jan. 31 as well as fund SNAP and Veterans Affairs for the remainder of the fiscal year.

A senior Democratic senator told Karl there will be more than enough Democratic votes to pass the bill, although a majority of Democrats, including most of the leadership, will likely vote against it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 7, 2025.

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Democrats won’t get anything on the extension of Obamacare subsidies that they have been holding out for beyond a promise that the Senate will vote on extending them before the end of the year — essentially what Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered more than a month ago and Democrats objected to.

Although most Senate Democrats are likely to oppose this bill, they are resigned to the fact that this part of the fight is over. They will take the battle over health care to the midterms and argue that Republicans refused to do anything for the millions of Americans who will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket.

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