Watch these key dates before and after the government shutdown ends
- - Watch these key dates before and after the government shutdown ends
Zachary Schermele, USA TODAYNovember 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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WASHINGTON – A deal to end the government shutdown may be here, but it doesn't mean the lights will automatically come back on.
Lawmakers still must vote this week to approve the package in both the House and the Senate. They face growing time pressure as Americans cope with halted food stamps and canceled flights weeks before the holidays.
And even if they're successful, a Jan. 30 deadline will loom to avoid having to do this all over again. Keep an eye on the calendar for these important moments as the shutdown continues into its record-breaking sixth week:
Read more: What's in the deal to end the government shutdown?
says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>People visit the Smithsonian National Zoo as the US government is shut down for the second day on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed October 1, 2025 as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving an acrimonious funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Smithsonian institutions receive federal funding and shut down during a federal government. The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
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People visit the Smithsonian National Zoo as the US government is shut down for the second day on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed October 1, 2025 as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving an acrimonious funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Smithsonian institutions receive federal funding and shut down during a federal government. The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
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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.
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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.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/TlKxltNR5uq3ezWJ2aLDSw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03NTk-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/7d90ab49deeb40d61194ef5bf30a475a class=caas-img>The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.
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">The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.
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A man walks across the otherwise empty U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, closed to the public on the first day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025.
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1 / 41See the impact of the government shutdown as agencies shutter or fight to stay openTravelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on November 7 2025. Hundreds of flights were canceled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers who are working without pay amid congressional paralysis on funding the US budget. Forty airports were due to slow down, including the giant hubs in Atlanta, Newark, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. -
This week: Starting on Monday, Nov. 10, proposals to reopen the government will start to work their way through both chambers of Congress. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have been put on a 36-hour return notice, leaders said late Sunday.
Thanksgiving: Congressional leaders have indicated the shutdown will be over by the holiday. Sunday's agreement made that assertion much more likely.
Second week of December: The Senate will hold a vote on extending expiring Obamacare subsidies. It's unclear if such a measure would pass.
The Ohio Clock is seen outside of the US Senate chamber on the third day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2025. The US government shutdown appeared likely to stretch into next week as senators prepared Friday, October 3, to vote for a fourth time on a funding fix proposed by Donald Trump's Republicans that has little hope of success. Federal agencies have been out of money since October 1 -- with a wide range of public services crippled -- as a result of deadlocked talks in Congress on how to keep the lights on. -
Jan. 30, 2026: The short-term funding measure lawmakers plan to pass as soon as this week would turn the government's lights back on until Jan. 30. If more full-year appropriations bills aren't passed by then, the government could shut down again, though only partially. More federal layoffs also can't happen until this date has occurred, per Sunday's deal.
September 2026: Under the bipartisan framework announced Sunday, food stamps would be funded at increased levels until the end of the next fiscal year, which is Sept. 30, 2026.
Zachary Schermele is a congressional reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach him by email at [email protected]. Follow him on X at @ZachSchermele and Bluesky at @zachschermele.bsky.social.
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