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<p><span style="font-weight:400">A broad coalition of business associations representing hundreds of companies as diverse as Apple and Walmart united to call on Congress on Thursday to immediately reopen the government. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The coalition <a href="https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-associations-issue-statement-on-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that with each day of the shutdown, “the larger and more durable the economic damage becomes — and some of it might never be recovered.” </span></p>
<p>Top CEOs from hundreds of major U.S. companies warned of “economic damage, some of which is irreversible,” Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/apple-walmart-government-shutdown-snap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Representing virtually every sector of the economy, from airlines, banking, hotels, manufacturing, software, real estate, and travel, the associations estimated that the ongoing shutdown costs the nation between $10 and $15 billion in lost output per week. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">While the joint statement avoided taking a political stance, the groups urged lawmakers to “avert further economic disruption” by reopening the government immediately. The associations proposed a compromise to negotiate major policy issues in a longer-term funding package rather than a continuing resolution. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">House Democratic Minority Whip Katherine <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Clark <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1981030897873781156" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a></span> why Democrats want to negotiate now rather than for a longer-term funding package. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and, of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have,” Clark said in an <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2025-10-23/segment/03" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with CNN last week. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight:400">The standoff on Capitol Hill centers on health care funding. Democrats refuse to back the Republican-led continuing resolution (CR) unless it includes an extension of ACA tax credits. The credits were established in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act and were temporarily enhanced and expanded in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans maintain that health care discussions can begin after the CR is passed. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">House Speaker Mike Johnson told The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, “To President Trump’s great credit, he is doing everything possible to protect families and keep vital services running.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer disagreed. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“Republicans own this shutdown,” said Schumer. “Every job lost, every family hurt, every service gutted is because of their decisions.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Last week, the White House released </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/10/airlines-pilots-demand-action-as-democrat-shutdown-pushes-air-travel-to-the-edge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">statements</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> from leaders in the aviation industry urging Congress to reopen the federal government. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">President of NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots Pedro Leroux said, “</span><span style="font-weight:400">It is indisputable that our system is less safe today than it was on Oct. 1 when the shutdown began.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Air-traffic controllers are among the many federal workers currently working without pay. Others include government employees, military service members, Capitol police, and thousands of third-party contractors whose payments halted when the shutdown began. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">In response, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to divert funds previously allocated for research and development to paychecks for the military. Trump also claimed an unnamed “friend” gave $130 million to pay service members. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Next, the shutdown hits SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is projected to run out of funds on Saturday. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“If there are any Democrats out there who care about the damage this shutdown is doing, then I have a bill at the desk,” stated Senate Majority Leader John Thune. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">The bill is “a clean, nonpartisan CR to fund WIC, SNAP, troop pay, air traffic controller pay, farm programs, housing assistance, national defense, and more.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Shortly after Thune’s statement, the Senate adjourned, pushing shutdown conversations to next week. </span></p>
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The Nation’s Top Businesses Push For End Of Government Shutdown
