Government Shutdown 2025 Update: Frustration builds as stalemate drags on

Government Shutdown 2025 Update: Stalemate drags on

Lawmakers are venting frustrations after another round of failed votes to reopen the government. While no formal negotiations are underway, quiet talks are reportedly emerging behind the scenes.

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are venting frustrations after another round of failed votes to reopen the government. While no formal negotiations are underway, quiet talks are reportedly emerging behind the scenes.

Quiet talks emerge

Clusters of Republicans and Democrats are meeting privately, searching for a way out of the impasse, which centers on preserving health care subsidies.

Congress expanded federal subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people buy private insurance through Affordable Care Act exchanges. The aid proved popular, boosting ACA enrollment to a record 24 million. Those enhanced subsidies are set to expire at year’s end.

Republicans say the issue can be addressed in the months ahead. Democrats argue it must be resolved now, as Americans begin receiving notices of higher premiums for the new year.

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Health care at stake

Some GOP lawmakers are urging action to ease rising health care costs, breaking with party leaders over how to help Americans manage expected rate hikes. Others have proposed reopening the government with a commitment to address health care or temporarily extending subsidies for one year before phasing them out. President Trump signaled openness to talks earlier this week but later said the government must reopen first.

Meanwhile, signs of the shutdown continue to build. Capitol tours have halted. Military personnel and federal employees are set to miss paychecks. Flights are being delayed nationwide, and federal programs are facing disruption.

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