Senate Passes Funding Deal 60-40 to End 41-Day Shutdown; House to Vote Wednesday
The U.S. Senate voted 60-40 on Monday night to pass a bipartisan funding package, ending the 41-day federal government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — and sending the bill to the House, which is set to vote on Wednesday night. The package uses the House-passed continuing resolution as its vehicle and attaches three full-year appropriations bills: most of the federal government would be funded through January 30, while agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, military construction and veterans affairs, and congressional operations would be funded for the full year through September 30. The deal does not extend the Affordable Care Act premium subsidies set to expire at the end of this year, the core dispute behind the standoff. The House has been out of session since September 19; Speaker Mike Johnson has told members to return to Washington with 36 hours to report and said he expects the bill to pass quickly. President Trump has voiced support and is expected to sign it the night it reaches his desk, with the government reopening within hours, furloughed workers returning and back pay to follow. The shutdown began on October 1 and has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay, delayed food assistance for millions of families and disrupted air travel nationwide. The deal was negotiated over the weekend by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Appropriations Chair Susan Collins and White House negotiators with centrist Democrats; the Senate had already cleared a key procedural vote 60-40 on Sunday.
Source: U.S. Senate
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Photo: 美国国会大厦：联邦政府停摆进入第41天，参议院通过拨款方案。（公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons）
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