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.
Trump argues Republicans more likely to lose midterms if filibuster remains
President Donald Trump said Republicans are more likely to lose next year's midterm elections if they don't eliminate the Senate filibuster.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to the White House, November 2, 2025 after taking off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Trump has now called for eliminating the filibuster in four of the last five days in order to bring the government shutdown to an end. But so far, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has rejected Trump's request.
"The Democrats are far more likely to win the Midterms, and the next Presidential Election, if we don't do the Termination of the Filibuster (The Nuclear Option!), because it will be impossible for Republicans to get Common Sense Policies done with these Crazed Democrat Lunatics being able to block everything by withholding their votes," Trump wrote in a social media post.
-ABC News' Fritz Farrow
Nov 04, 2025, 9:05 AM EST
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.
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
Nov 04, 2025, 8:00 AM EST
As shutdown ties 35-day record, White House press secretary to hold briefing
Now in its 35th day, the U.S. government shutdown has tied the record for the longest-ever closure of the federal government, matching the duration of a closure that began in December 2018, during President Donald Trump's first term.
As the shutdown continues, the Trump administration said it would only partially fund food assistance programs that tens of millions of Americans rely on.
Meanwhile, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, is set to hold a briefing at 1 p.m. ET where she will take questions from the media.
Nov 03, 2025, 8:05 PM EST
Senators brush off talk of compromise that would end shutdown
A day before Congress ties its record for the longest government shutdown, some senators appeared no more optimistic about the chances of ending the current standoff between parties in order to open the government back up.
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said there’s been some rumblings in the Senate on a possible agreement to end the shutdown -- that Democrats would open the government if Republicans agree to pass three appropriations bills that address longer-term funding bills.
Kennedy largely brushed off the idea, saying that because the exchange doesn’t directly address health care, which is the Democrats’ red line in the standoff, he doesn’t see how it would be a formidable compromise.
The Capitol is seen on day 34 of the government shutdown, in Washington, Nov. 3, 2025.
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“There's a movement on the Senate floor to try to get Democrats' agreement to open it up in exchange for us passing three of the approps bills. I don't know if that'll work or not. It's got nothing to do with health insurance. You can, you can agree on approps bills, but, but that still doesn't solve the health insurance problem,” Kennedy said.
He also noted that any appropriations bill would likely have to be “blessed” by Trump in order to be factored into a compromise.
Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.,shot down the idea that Republicans and Democrats are coming to the table in order to negotiate the end of the shutdown.
“What I know so far is the Republicans have agreed to negotiate so far exactly zero times. Donald Trump and the Republicans need to come to the negotiating table. We can sit down and talk, as has happened in every other government shutdown, sit down and talk, and then we can achieve a deal. That's how negotiations work,” Warren said coming out of the Capitol on Monday.
“But Mr. ‘Art of the Deal’ doesn't seem to understand that. He thinks he can bend reality. He thinks he can use hungry children as a bargaining chip against Democrats,” she added. “It's only Democrats who care whether or not seniors go hungry. Well, it is Democrats who care, and it's Americans who care. Republicans should come to the table and negotiate.”
