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Government shutdown updates: Senate vote marks step towards ending federal shutdown

The bill advanced by a vote of 60-40.

Last Updated: November 9, 2025, 11:48 PM EST

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.

Nov 04, 2025, 1:51 PM EST

Leavitt says admin complying with SNAP court order after Trump sparks confusion

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the administration is complying with a court order to pay SNAP benefits, after President Donald Trump suggested on social media that no benefits will be given until Democrats vote to reopen the government.

"The administration is fully complying with the court order," she said. "I just spoke to the president about it. The recipients of these SNAP benefits need to understand it's going to take some time to receive this money, because the Democrats have forced the administration into a very untenable position. We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes for war, and the president does not want to have to tap into this fund in the future. And that's what he was referring to in his Truth Social post."

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, Florida.
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"So the Department of Agriculture, as for the latest SNAP payment and the judge's order, put out guidance to states today on how to get that money to the recipients of SNAP. But it's going to take some time," she continued.

Nov 04, 2025, 12:41 PM EST

Senate fails for 14th time to advance government funding bill

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill that would've reopened the government until Nov. 21.

The bill failed to advance by a vote of 54-44. It would have needed 60 votes to advance.

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As has been the case in previous votes, Sen. Rand Paul was the lone Republican to vote against the bill. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman, and Independent Angus King voted for it. No senators changed their position from previous votes.

The failed vote all but guarantees that this shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history, as there are currently no other votes on reopening the government set for today and the shutdown record will be set tomorrow.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Nov 04, 2025, 12:21 PM EST

Trump says SNAP benefits won't be given until after shutdown

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no SNAP benefits will go out to Americans until after the government reopens -- a day after the Department of Agriculture said in court it would make partial payments.

The president posted on social media that those benefits "will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!"

ABC News asked both the White House and the USDA for clarification.

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-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Nov 04, 2025, 9:06 AM EST

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

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