House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, hold a press conference with House and Senate leadership on the first day of the federal government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders failed to reach a funding compromise.

WASHINGTON − Lawmakers are bracing for another Senate vote attempting to end the government shutdown as the impact of funding drying up continues to ripple across the country nearly two weeks into the standoff.

The Smithsonian's National Zoo closed Oct. 12 and the panda cam has gone offline, but the animals will still be fed. Airline flights are increasingly delayed for air-traffic control staffing issues, including at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport. At least 4,000 civil-service workers were notified Oct. 10 they were being laid off, rather than simply furloughed as in past shutdowns, and the administration warned that more are coming.

But lawmakers on both sides have dug in for a longer impasse with events planned Oct. 14, after the federal holiday and President Donald Trump returns from a short trip to Israel and Egypt amid the first phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan. House Speaker Mike Johnson told "Fox News Sunday" that most Democrats voted "eight times now" in the House and Senate to close to the government. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, told the same program that Republicans view health care costs at the heart of the dispute as an "extraneous issue."

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Senate to vote 8th time to end shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the chamber would vote again Oct. 14 on a bill to end the shutdown, but that he still needed a handful of Democrats to reopen the government.

The Senate has already failed seven times to approve a House Republican bill to reopen the government until Nov. 21. Three senators who caucus with Democrats joined Republicans to support the bill but the 55-45 majority was short of the 60-vote majority needed to end the debate.

Thune, R-South Dakota, continued to blame the shutdown on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York. Most Democrats have blocked the bill while aiming to restore cuts to Medicaid and extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Republicans said they can negotiate health care issues after the government reopens.

“Let’s hope there are 5 more Democrats who will join us, because despite all of the good work we’ve done, there’s a lot more we could do if the Schumer Shutdown ends,” Thune said on social media.

Where is President Trump today?

While the government remains shut down, President Donald Trump is in the Middle East on Monday as he celebrates the release of hostages from Gaza and the ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

Trump delivered remarks to The Knesset in Israel on Monday and is scheduled to travel later in the day to Egypt, which helped broker the peace deal.

“The state of Israel is strong and it will live and thrive forever,” Trump said in his speech in Jerusalem.

Trump in the afternoon will return to the White House on Air Force One, with an expected arrival time around midnight.

−Joey Garrison

Do Trump and Congress still get paid during a shutdown?

The president’s salary of $400,000 per year is generally not affected by a shutdown.

"With regard to the President’s pay, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution forbids the salary of the President to be reduced while he or she is in office, thus effectively guaranteeing the President of compensation regardless of any shutdown action," reads a 2018 Congressional Research Service report.

During his first term, Trump donated his presidential salary to various departments and agencies and says he plans on doing the same during this term as well.

Lawmakers will continue to receive paychecks during a shutdown under Article I, Section 6 of the U.S. Constitution, which protects Congress' pay.

However, some lawmakers such as Sen. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, and Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Florida, say they will not take compensation during the shutdown.

Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the nation’s largest food aid program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, will continue operations during a shutdown as funds allow, according to a shutdown planning document published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

What happens to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid during a shutdown?

The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits, but will furlough 12% of its staff and pause marketing campaigns, according to the agency’s shutdown plan.

Payments will likewise continue under the Medicare and Medicaid health programs.

Democrats plan news conference outside OMB

Democratic lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia will hold a news conference Oct. 14 outside the White House Office of Management and Budget to protest the Trump administration firing thousand of workers during the shutdown.

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, and Mark Warner of Virginia, plan to attend. Reps. Jamie Raskin and Johnny Olzsewski of Maryland, and Don Beyer, Suhas Subramanyam and James Walkinshaw also plan to attend.

The lawmakers will urge the administration to support federal workers and prevent a spike in health care costs, which are the reason most Senate Democrats have opposed reopening the government.

House Democrats to meet despite being out of session

House Democrats plan to meet Oct. 14 at the Capitol "to discuss the path forward" despite the chamber being out of session.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, called the caucus meeting for 6 p.m. as Senate Democrats have prevented approval of House GOP legislation that would reopen the government through Nov. 21.

Most Senate Democrats want to restore previously approved Medicaid cuts and extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to reopen the government. But Republicans say health care talks must wait until after the shutdown is over.

“That is why it is critically important for House Democrats to once again return to Washington to stand up for the healthcare of everyday Americans, pay our active duty troops and support hardworking federal civil servants,” Jeffries wrote in a letter Oct. 11.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Government shutdown hits day 13 with flight delays and more layoff warnings: live updates

Reporting by Bart Jansen and Joey Garrison, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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