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Senators take first step toward reopening the government after historic shutdown

November 9, 202510:57 PM ET, By Claudia Grisales, Luke Garrett

A bipartisan group of Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, voting on the first procedural step on the measure.

The agreement would fund the government through Jan. 30 and include full-year funding for a trio of appropriations bills, including full funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, through Sept. 30, 2026, or the end of the fiscal year.

The vote late on Sunday was 60 to 40, with seven Democrats and one independent joining with most Republicans to advance the measure.

It marked the first, but crucial, step towards passing the measure in the Senate. Once the bill cleared the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, any remaining Senate votes need just a simple majority. However, the legislation still needs to pass the House before the shutdown would end, enabling air traffic controllers and other federal workers to get paid and federal food benefits to resume, among other things.

Senate Democrats had earlier voted against more than a dozen short-term spending measures in their fight to preserve health care subsidies. But as the pain of the shutdown continued to bite, some agreed to more modest changes in the latest framework.

Editor’s Note: Check out my other posts on this “shutdown.” The eight (8) Senators made a huge mistake. They will pay. The Democrats were winning. Now, we gained NOTHING, and you did it based on “future promises” from House, Mike Johnson, and Trump. And you believed them, trusted them. What fools! –DrWeb

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