Some House and Senate lawmakers are requesting that their paychecks be withheld as millions of federal workers prepare to go without pay.

Three members of the Senate Democratic caucus broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday and voted for a House Republican-drafted bill to fund government through Nov. 21,

Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a press conference, following Senate Republican weekly policy lunch, hours before a partial government shutdown is set to take effect, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 30, 2025.

President Donald Trump's nominees for two vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board said during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday that Trump's unprecedented firing of a board member would not push them to follow unlawful orders from the White House.

California members of Congress, who will be paid during a federal government shutdown, stuck to partisan positions Tuesday as the two parties remained deadlocked.

As of Oct. 1, the Senate remained mostly locked into a funding bill standoff between Republican and Democratic factions over the issue of health care subsidies. Members of both houses held out some measure of hope for a compromise to reopen the government,

House Republican leaders rallied their members ahead of a government shutdown deadline this week, telling members in a Monday conference call to stay unified as Republicans aim to jam Senate

As a bitter standoff between Republicans and Democrats plays out, there is little sign that either side is willing to budge.