The Senate returns to Washington today, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, with no vote scheduled on a House-backed plan to fund and reopen the government. The shutdown, now in its 34th day, will become the ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care ...

Watch live from the Senate floor. The Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to scale back flights nationwide because of the record-long government shutdown took effect Friday morning, ...

A Senate vote today, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, to reopen the government won't happen with the Senate not in session today, and not set to return until Monday, Nov. 3, when the government shutdown 2025 ...

The Senate will return today, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, but a Senate vote today on a House-backed bill to fund and reopen the government is not currently scheduled as the shutdown enters a fifth week.