September 2025 Government Shutdown

September 2025 Government Shutdown. Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown on saturday as the house, in a stunning turnabout, approved a stopgap plan to keep the federal government open until mid. Capstone believes a government shutdown on october 1, 2023, is more likely than not—but only barely.

Congress passed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown and prevent overseas federal employees from seeing a 22% cut in pay. Congress is staring down a deadline to prevent a government shutdown this month, as members on both sides of the aisle have made clear a stopgap of some kind will be needed.