{"id":7227,"date":"2025-10-17T08:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?p=7227"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:41:11","slug":"october-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/2025\/10\/17\/october-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"October 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Friday<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Government Funding Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n

At present, efforts to reopen the government remain stalled and without a clear off-ramp. This week, the House of Representatives remained in recess, but members could be called back to DC for votes if events warranted. In the Senate, the House-passed CR continued to fail through successive votes.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the impacts of the shutdown increase the longer the lapse in funding continues. While the Department of Education has reaffirmed that at this time \u201cthere is minimal impact on students, borrowers, schools, lenders, and guaranty agencies and their ability to participate in the Title IV programs,<\/a>\u201d as the shutdown continues, the resources below will remain of interest:<\/p>\n