Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on the 10th day of the federal government shutdown on Oct. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
During his press conference, Johnson referenced former President Barack Obama telling a crowd over a decade ago, "There is one way out of this reckless and damaging Republican shutdown: Congress has to pass a budget that funds our government with no partisan strings attached."
"What I just read was a direct quote. Those are not my words. They belong to President Barack Obama. He was speaking there in 2013 when our government was shut down for 16 days," he said. "This would be the third-longest government shutdown in American history, that one would be."
He added, "If Democrats keep up their obstruction here today, that's where we're going to be headed."
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on Oct. 13, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Republicans proposed a seven-week bill extending fiscal year (FY) 2025 federal funding levels through Nov. 21 called a continuing resolution (CR). It's aimed at giving congressional negotiators more time to strike a longer-term agreement on FY2026, which began on Oct. 1.
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It's largely free of policy riders — save for an added $88 million in security funding for lawmakers, the White House and the judicial branch — and it has bipartisan support.
It passed the House along mostly partisan lines on Sept. 19. But Democrats in the House and Senate were largely infuriated by being sidelined in federal funding talks and are now demanding that any spending deal also include an extension of COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.
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