10 key dates to watch as government shutdown nears record length Joey Garrison, USA TODAY October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM 0 WASHINGTON ― The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest at 21 days, with no end in sight, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain locked in a bi...
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Joey Garrison, USA TODAY October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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WASHINGTON ― The federal government shutdown is already one of the nation's longest at 21 days, with no end in sight, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress remain locked in a bitter stalemate.
The shutdown has placed 750,000 federal workers on furlough, forced air traffic controllers and other essential workers to work without pay and closed national parks, federal offices and museums.
In an escalation from past shutdowns, President Donald Trump has also laid off thousands of government employees and paused infrastructure projects in Democratic-led cities to try to pressure Democrats to act.
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With the government out of money after President Donald Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. See what remains open and what has closed.
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People wait in line to enter the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2025, where services are experiencing significant disruptions due to the federal government shutdown, as essential workers continue working without pay and non-essential federal workers are furloughed. With the government out of money after President Donald Trump and lawmakers failed to agree on a deal to keep the lights on, many federal departments and agencies have been closed since midnight. See what remains open and what has closed.
Democrats continue to demand the extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and the reversal of Republicans' recent Medicaid cuts be included in a funding measure to reopen the government. Republicans insist the government should reopen with a "clean bill" that keep spending levels the same.
A handful of Senate Democrats have broken with their party to vote for a Republican-backed bill to fund the government, but not enough of them to reach the 60-vote threshold to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
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Here are key dates to watch as the shutdown marches on:
Oct. 22 ‒ Shutdown becomes second longest
The shutdown on Tuesday tied the 1995-1996 shutdown as the second longest in United States history. If the shutdown continues into Wednesday, Oct. 23, it would become the second longest at 22 days, trailing only the 35-day shutdown in 2017 during Trump's first term in office.
The 1995-95 shutdown, during the presidency of Bill Clinton, was sparked by spending disagreement between Clinton and Democrats and Republicans led by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. It was not a continuous shutdown, but rather two separate shutdowns from Nov. 14, 1995 to Nov. 19, 1995 and later Dec. 16, 1995 to Jan. 6, 1996.
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President Bill Clinton(L) speaks to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Newt Gingrich(R) during a budget meeting at the White House 19 December. Clinton, Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole met to discuss ways to resolve the shutdown.Oct. 24 ‒ first full paychecks of federal workers missed
Federal workers are set to miss their first full paychecks on Friday, Oct. 24, if the government remains closed.
Depending on their agencies, federal workers' next paychecks are scheduled for Oct. 24, Oct. 28 or Oct. 30. In all, more than 1.8 million paychecks will be withheld from civilian employees of federal agencies if the shutdown lasts through October, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Federal workers received their Oct. 10 paychecks, but it was only their partial salaries because the pay period included three days of the shutdown, Oct. 1 to Oct. 4.
Oct 1, 2025; Washington, DC, USA; National Parks Service workers remove trash from around the Washington Monument on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.Oct. 25 ‒ Trump leaves for Asia
Trump is set to depart Washington on Saturday, Oct. 25 for a multi-day, multi-country visit to Asia.
That means if a deal to reopen the government is not reached by the weekend, then it would likely extend until Trump's return to the United States. Not only is Trump's involvement in negotiations widely seen as critical for a resolution, there's also a more practical consideration: Trump must sign any funding bill to end the shutdown.
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It's unclear how long Trump will be out of the country, but the trip is expected to wrap up at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in South Korea, which is set for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. There, Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
President Donald Trump speaks at a "Rose Garden Club" lunch in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2025.Oct. 31 ‒ Next paycheck for military members due
Members of the military received their Oct. 15 paychecks, but it is unclear whether the government has the money for their next paychecks on Oct. 31.
The nation's service members are considered essential workers who work without assurances of pay during shutdowns. The Department of War, at Trump's instruction, altered the Pentagon's budget to ensure they received their most recent paychecks on Oct. 15.
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But House Speaker Mike Johnson said Trump's action to pay the nation's 1.3 million active-duty military member on Oct. 15 was only a "temporary fix."
"If the Democrats continue to vote to keep the government closed, as they have done so now so many times, then we know that U.S. troops are going to risk missing a full paycheck at the end of this month," Johnson said last week.
President Donald Trump salutes members of the military.Oct. 31 and Nov. 5 ‒ next checks for congressional staff
Staff members of U.S. senators missed their first paychecks on Monday, Oct. 20. They will miss their next checks, scheduled for Nov. 5, if the shutdown is still going on.
House aides are paid once a month and are at risk of missing their Oct. 31 paychecks.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9, 2025.Nov. 1 ‒ Open enrollment for Obamacare begins
Democrats have circled Nov. 1 as a key deadline for Congress to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act credits as part of a bill to reopen the government.
Nov. 1 is when open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare begins and millions of Americans will begin shopping for their 2026 health coverage plans.
If the subsidies are not extended by November, healthcare.gov consumers could experience sticker shock when they start searching for their health care plans. Premiums are expected to double for millions of Americans if the subsidies are not renewed, according to the research organization KFF.
Republicans have argued Democrats should vote to reopen the government now and then debate health care policy afterwards.
More: Democrats want health care tax credits to end the shutdown. Why the GOP says not yet.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L), accompanied by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (R), points to a poster depicting rising medical costs if Congress allows the Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire in December.Nov. 1 ‒ Head Start funding at risk
Early childhood Head Start programs for low-income families will be at risk of disruptions if the government is not reopened by Nov. 1.
An additional 135 Head Start centers across 41 states would miss federal grant funding they would typically receive Nov. 1, jeopardizing services for about 65,000 children, according to the National Head Start Association.
Six Head Start programs serving about 6,500 children are already operating without federal funding after missing grant dollars on Oct. 1, the first day of the shutdown.
Marysville LEADS Head Start Assistant Teacher, Fernanda Duran, helps Harmony Scott with a puzzle designed to help her count during the end of class, Oct 7, 2025.Nov. 5 ‒ Record for longest shutdown
If the shutdown lasts until Nov. 5, it will break the record for the federal government's longest shutdown.
That feat currently belongs to the 2018-2019 shutdown during Trump's first presidency in which Republicans and Democrats battled over funding Trump's border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
President Donald Trump speaks in front of fast food provided for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers due to the partial government shutdown in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2019.Nov. 21 ‒ Thanksgiving travel begins before the holiday
Congress could face increasing pressure to reopen the government by Friday, Nov. 21, when traveling starts to spike before the Nov. 27 Thanksgiving holiday.
More: Flight delays hit major US airports amid FAA staffing woes
Like other essential government workers, some 13,000 air traffic controllers and about 50,000 Transportation Security Administration officers have worked during the government shutdown without pay.
In 2019, during the 35-day shutdown, the number of absences by controllers and TSA officers rose as workers missed paychecks, extending checkpoint wait times at some airports. Authorities were forced to slow air traffic in New York and Washington, which put pressure on lawmakers to quickly end the standoff.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 20, 2025.Nov. 24 ‒ Holiday break for lawmakers
Members of Congress could also be motivated to reopen the government before their weeklong Thanksgiving vacations begin on Nov. 24.
But if the shutdown continues beyond the nation's turkey and football holiday, then lawmakers are scheduled to return to Washington to work for the first three weeks of December.
Contributing: Zach Wichter of USA TODAY.
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