Congress has two weeks to resolve funding disagreements before October 1. Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over funding levels and additional policy riders like ObamaCare subsidies. The Senate rejected a short-term funding bill, putting the government at risk of a shutdown at the end of September. Senate dynamics: Republicans argued that the bill was a "clean" CR, not tied to policy riders, and that it provided the necessary runway for orderly budget deliberations. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) dismissed calls for immediate negotiations, asserting that Democrats had supported similar measures during the Biden administration.