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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump said Thursday he\u2019s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn\u2019t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be cutting some very popular Democratic programs that aren\u2019t popular with Republicans,\u201d he said. \u201cThey wanted to do this, so we\u2019ll give them a little taste of their own medicine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on day nine of the government shutdown, members of the U.S. Senate for the seventh time failed to advance either a Democratic or Republican stopgap spending bill, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said partisan tensions in his chamber are so intense he is reluctant to bring members back until a resolution is found.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gets personal. Emotions are high. People are upset. I\u2019m upset,\u201d Johnson told reporters at a morning press conference.<\/p>\n

Layoffs, denial of back pay also threatened<\/h4>\n

Trump has signaled throughout the shutdown he wants to unilaterally cancel funding approved by Congress, lay off federal workers by the thousands and may try to reinterpret a 2019 law that requires back pay for furloughed federal employees after the funding lapse ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He has yet to give any real details on those plans or say exactly when he\u2019ll try to take those steps, which would likely result in additional lawsuits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump said during the hour-long public portion of the Cabinet meeting that Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought would be able to share more details, but Vought never spoke and Trump didn\u2019t call on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shutdown has been, you know, pretty damaging. I mean, not yet, because it\u2019s early. But it gets a little bit worse as it goes along,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll be making cuts that will be permanent and we\u2019re only going to cut Democrat programs. I hate to tell you. I guess that makes sense, but we\u2019re only cutting Democratic programs. But we\u2019re going to start that and we have Russell, who can talk to you about it if he wants to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president is generally required to faithfully execute the laws that Congress approves, including the government funding bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The White House budget office has frozen or canceled funding several times this year without going to lawmakers for approval, which is required under a 1970s law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That has led to a slew of lawsuits and the Government Accountability Office repeatedly citing the administration for illegally impounding funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No progress on votes<\/h4>\n

On Capitol Hill, lawmakers remained deadlocked over how to advance a stopgap bill to fund the government for a few weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Senate voted 54-45 on\u00a0the House-passed bill<\/a> that would fund federal programs through Nov. 21 and\u00a047-50<\/a> on Democrats\u2019 counterproposal that would provide spending authority through Oct. 31 and make substantial changes to health care policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tally for the seventh vote to advance those two proposals wasn\u2019t much different from the previous ones. Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, both Democrats, as well as Maine independent Sen. Angus King voted with Republicans to advance their bill. Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul voted no.<\/p>\n

Legislation needs the support of at least 60 senators to advance under that chamber\u2019s legislative filibuster rule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The vote came shortly after Speaker Johnson, R-La., made disparaging remarks about Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer during his press conference, with the two increasingly blaming each other for the funding impasse.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is one thing that Chuck Schumer cares about more than anything else and that is his Senate seat,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThe guy has been in Congress for 44 years. He doesn\u2019t know how to live life outside this building and so he will do anything to make sure that he keeps that seat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson, asked about the increasing tensions between Republicans and Democrats over the funding lapse and health care policy, said it is likely better to keep lawmakers in that chamber separated until a resolution is reached.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a very patient man, but I am very angry right now because this is dangerous stuff,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAnd so, is it better for them, probably, to be physically separated right now? Yeah, it probably is, frankly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish that weren\u2019t the case. But we do have to turn the volume down. The best way to turn the volume down is to turn the lights back on and get the government open for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shutdown pay for members of the military\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Johnson reiterated that he does not intend to bring the House back from an extended recess to vote on a stand-alone bill to provide on-time paychecks to military members during the shutdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson stuck to his position that the best way to ensure pay for U.S. troops is for Democrats to pass the GOP stopgap spending bill, despite\u00a0Trump breaking with Johnson<\/a> on that particular issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trump, asked Wednesday about the upcoming Oct. 15 payday for military members, said \u201cthat probably will happen\u201d and that the \u201cmilitary is always going to be taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, Johnson said during his Thursday press conference the only way out is through the Republican stopgap bill that remains stalled in the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have already voted to pay the troops. We did it three weeks ago. We put that bill on the floor, and the Republicans voted to pay the troops, TSA agents, border patrol, air traffic control and everybody else,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cSo coming back here and doing it and having a duplicative vote to do the same thing they already did would accomplish nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schumer, D-N.Y., said during a floor speech the shutdown will not end until after Republicans and Democrats find a way to extend tax credits for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace past the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schumer also rebuked Johnson for the House schedule, which has only had members in Washington, D.C., for 12 days since the end of July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re someone who works two jobs or weekends or overtime to make ends meet, what on Earth are you supposed to think when House Republicans can\u2019t even be bothered to show up to reopen the government?\u201d Schumer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New England senators initiate talks<\/h4>\n

Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she has been speaking with New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen about possible solutions to the impasse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been in very close contact with Sen. Shaheen, who is very constructive, and is trying to find a path forward,\u201d Collins said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ACA issue is important to a lot of us, not just to Democrats,\u201d she added. \u201cThe tax subsidies were enhanced during COVID. They do need to be reformed, but they do need to be extended as well. They expire at the end of the year. We need to open up government today before more harm is done, before people in the military don\u2019t have their paychecks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ariana Figueroa and Shauneen Miranda contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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