US EditionBill to fund military during government shutdown fails in Senate procedural vote
Democrats filibustered a $852 billion defense bill to leverage healthcare subsidy extensions amid a government shutdown lasting over two weeks, blocking military funding despite bipartisan support.
- On Thursday, U.S. Senate Democrats blocked consideration of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, halting funding for military personnel, operations, procurement, and research during the government shutdown.
- Faced with expiring ACA subsidies, Senate Democrats filibustered a bipartisan funding measure Thursday, arguing advancing the defense bill would relinquish leverage to extend healthcare subsidies for about 24 million Americans.
- John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jeanne Shaheen broke ranks to vote, while Thune emphasized `one of the things that Democrats and Republicans want to see is a normal appropriations process.`
- Hundreds of thousands of federal workers face furloughs as President Donald Trump redirects $8 billion in unobligated RDT&E funds, with an estimated $15 billion per day economic loss and at least 20 days of shutdown ahead.
- Republicans hold 53 Senate seats and thus need Democratic support to reach the 60-vote threshold, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered a subsidies vote but warned it might not pass.
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