We are now on Day 36 of the government shutdown, the longest impasse in history. Will the Senate vote today? What time? See here.

As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) earlier Friday encouraged Democrats to come to the negotiating table after it looked like a shutdown-ending vote might be forthcoming.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday that he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the government by the end of the week if lawmakers make progress over the next couple days.

The Trump administration says it is working to comply with a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November.

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

The North Dakota Republican spoke on the Senate floor about the shutdown’s impacts and called for reopening the government.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, speaks to media after a bipartisan luncheon, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2025. On Friday evening, senators narrowly voted down a bill to pay federal workers amid the shutdown.

The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote today? Here's the latest.

The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the longest in U.S. history on Tuesday, Nov. 4, surpassing the record set in 2018 under Trump.

WASHINGTON – The ongoing government shutdown is about to become the longest in United States history, even as millions of Americans feel the increasingly painful consequences of the crisis on their daily lives.

Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats to end the shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits.