October 7, 2025
Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic spending bills for fifth time
Both spending bills fail for fifth time as shutdown continues
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The Senate held the fifth procedural votes on the competing spending measures on Oct. 6, 2025. The cloture vote on the House CR (H.R. 5371) failed 52-42, not reaching the 60 votes required to end debate and proceed. (Vote No. 545). [
The cloture vote on the Democratic measure (S.2882) failed 45-50 on Oct. 6, 2025. That vote was also a motion to proceed, not final passage. (Vote No. 544). [
Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with the GOP in the cloture roll calls to proceed to the House CR on Oct. 6. Multiple news outlets and the Senate roll calls list those yeas. [
The Republican CR proposal would have funded the government through Nov. 21 and included specific security funding for branches of government; the Democratic bill sought to extend enhanced ACA premium tax credits that are scheduled to expire Dec. 31, 2025, ahead of open enrollment beginning Nov. 1. [
The Senate can reoffer cloture motions after failures. and the Congressional Record show repeated cloture attempts on H.R. 5371 through Oct. 22, 2025. That is why failing a cloture vote on Oct. 6 did not legally block future attempts. [
Senate Majority Leader 
John Thune said Republicans would keep forcing daily votes on the competing bills. That line and Thune's quoted phrasing are reported in contemporaneous press coverage.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced they would stop voting on the same bills repeatedly and try new approaches.
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What did Speaker Mike Johnson announce about House votes during the shutdown stalemate?
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On October 7, 2025, what was the vote count for the Republican continuing resolution in the Senate?
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John Thune
Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer
Senate Minority Leader
John Fetterman
Senator from Pennsylvania
Catherine Cortez Masto
Senator from Nevada
Angus King
Independent Senator from Maine