From October 1 to November 12, 2025, the federal government of the United States was shut down as Congress failed to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year. The Republican-controlled
The National Museum of American History in October 2025. It was among several government institutions that closed due to the shutdown.
Seal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
On September 30, 2025, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders held discussions that failed to avert a shutdown.
Maryland governor Wes Moore visiting a food pantry during the shutdown
Jeanne Shaheen
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Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician and former educator serving since 2009 as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1997 t
2025 United States federal government shutdown
…voted 60–40 that night to advance a continuing resolution to reopen the government. Eight Senate Democrats (Dick Durbin, Angus King, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine) joined all Senate Republicans except Rand Paul to advance it. The deal was brokered…
Official portrait, 2021
Shaheen on the campaign trail at Dartmouth College, July 2008
Official portrait, 2009
Shaheen, Hillary Clinton and Maggie Hassan in November 2014