Shutdown, Day 6 (October 6, 2025)
- Agora
- Oct 6
- 2 min read
As the partial government shutdown enters its first full week, there are few signs that it will end anytime soon.
Leaders of both parties took to the Sunday talk shows to blame the other side, as the White House continues vowing to permanently shed federal workers if the shutdown persists. The Senate will vote again tonight on the House bill to temporarily re-open the government, but it is likely to see the same fate as it did last week.
One thing that may force some sort of resolution is October 15, the next time that military troops are supposed to be paid – but won’t be if the shutdown continues. Will that deadline, plus increasing reductions in government services, prompt the sides to find an exit ramp?
Below is a roundup of news about the shutdown.
CONGRESS
Senators return to Washington on Monday without a deal to end the government shutdown now entering its sixth day.
As the government shutdown drags into its fourth day with no resolution in sight, House leaders Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries are accusing the other’s party of being responsible for both the shutdown and the government’s inability to reopen.
WHITE HOUSE
Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC), said on Sunday that federal layoffs will take place if President Trump decides that negotiations are going nowhere.
President Trump on Sunday told Navy sailors not to “worry about” their paychecks that are being held back by the current government shutdown. “Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry about it. Do not worry about it, it’s all coming,” the president said.
FEDERAL AGENCIES
The General Services Administration is furloughing employees who are typically “exempt” from a government shutdown, because much of the agency isn’t funded through congressional appropriations. GSA employees told Federal News Network these furloughs are happening contrary to the agency’s recent messages to staff, and run contrary to the agency’s longstanding practices during a shutdown.
Business and professional groups are warning that the current federal funding lapse will cause economic harm to not only government employees and contractors, but the broader U.S. economy and national security as well.
Health care providers across the country are canceling telehealth visits with Medicare beneficiaries or warning patients they will have to pay out of pocket for appointments because Congress let coverage lapse. Congress typically extends this telehealth coverage before it expires, but the provision became a casualty in the broader impasse on funding the government.
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