Government Shutdown Looms as Senate and House Work to Strike Short-Term Funding Plan
Maria Carrasco
September 22, 2025
While the House passed a short-term spending plan that would temporarily fund the government through November, the Senate ultimately rejected this proposal, creating uncertainty as Congress works to strike a deal to avoid a government shutdown by the end of the month.
The House, earlier on Friday morning, passed legislation that would fund the government through November 21 in a 217-212 vote. The short-term spending plan would provide Congress more time to negotiate between proposals put forth by the House and Senate that seek to fund the government for the duration of the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026.
Separate from the legislation passed by the House on Friday, earlier this summer both the House and Senate released their own government funding plans. Notably, the House bill would eliminate the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant program and deeply cut funding for the Federal Work-Study program. This legislation was advanced by the House Appropriations Committee. In comparison, the Senate’s proposal, which advanced out of committee in August, mostly flat-funds student aid programs.
