Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution to end what is now the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history.
The Senate on Thursday adjourned until Monday afternoon, which will mark the 34th day of the government shutdown.Â
Meanwhile, a federal judge has laid out a path for the administration to fund SNAP benefits, which ran out on Saturday, saying the administration could tap more than $5 billion in emergency funds, as well as a much larger pot of tariff revenue collected by the Agriculture Department to fund the program.
Johnson dodges question about Trump's request to end filibuster
Speaker Johnson was asked about Trump's social media post that called on Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to end the shutdown.
Johnson said that he saw the post, but didn't talk to Trump about it.
"What you are seeing an expression of the president's anger at the situation," he said. "He just desperately wants the government to be reopened."
The speaker reiterated that the filibuster is a Senate matter.
Oct 31, 2025, 10:27 AM EDT
Agriculture Secretary Rollins denies USDA has money to help pay for SNAP
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told reporters that reports that the USDA has money to help pay for SNAP benefits is "absolutely false."
"It is a lie," she said.
Rollins acknowledged that the agency has a contingency fund, but it does not cover "even a half" of the $9.2 billion required for SNAP benefits.
"It is only allowed to flow if the underlying program is funded," she claimed.
Oct 31, 2025, 10:08 AM EDT
Johnson blames Democrats for end of SNAP benefits
House Speaker Mike Johnson again on Friday laid the blame of the pending end to SNAP benefit funding on Democrats and contended that the Trump "administration has done all it can."
"The Democrats continue with their political games in Washington," he said, adding that the Senate Democrats have "abandoned their post."
Johnson has not called the House back into session in over a month.
He reiterated that the Democratic senators needed to come and pass the clean CR bill.
Oct 30, 2025, 11:21 PM EDT
Trump calls for eliminating filibuster to end shutdown
President Donald Trump, in a lengthy social media post on Thursday night, called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to pass the Republican funding bill and reopen the government.
"It is now time for the Republicans to play their 'TRUMP CARD,' and go for what is called the Nuclear Option -- Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!" Trump posted.
Trump said ending the filibuster was necessary because "DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD "CRAZY."
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One shortly after taking off from Busan, South Korea, en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 30, 2025.
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The president said that while in Asia this week the question he kept getting "was how did the Democrats SHUT DOWN the United States of America, and why did the powerful Republicans allow them to do it?"
"The fact is, in flying back, I thought a great deal about that question, WHY?" he added.
Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader John Thune -- who Trump praised in his post -- rejected the idea of eliminating the filibuster.
Some Democrats have called for ending the filibuster themselves in the past but faced headwinds from former centrist members -- which Trump pointed to in his post. Trump argued if Republicans don't end it themselves, Democrats will when they return to the majority.
