US EditionSenate passes first stage of deal that could end government shutdown
- The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation to reopen and fund the government, including rehiring federal employees and funding SNAP through fiscal year 2026; the bill will return to the House before heading to President Donald Trump.
- With air travel and food aid disrupted, pressure grew to reopen the government as U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights and the Capital Area Food Bank provided 8 million more meals amid the 40-day government shutdown.
- Jeanne Shaheen, U.S. Sen. , Maggie Hassan, U.S. Sen. , and Angus King, Independent U.S. Sen. led negotiations while Nevada's two senators joined most GOP senators to advance the bill, with Republicans agreeing to a vote on ACA subsidies next month.
- The package advances three full-year appropriations bills forming a minibus funding military construction and veterans affairs, the legislative branch, and the Department of Agriculture, maintaining a ban on pay raises for lawmakers while adding $203.5 million security funding.
- Despite the vote, the agreement omits an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, and if subsidies lapse, premiums on average could more than double next year, Democratic critics say.
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Speaker Johnson says U.S. House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that U.S. House lawmakers should start returning to Washington “right now” after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with legislation that would end the government shutdown.
JOHNSON: Greetings On Day 41 Of The Soon-To-Be-Ended Shutdown
Editor’s Note: Below is the prepared text of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s remarks to the press today after seven Democrats and one Democrat-leaning independent in the Senate voted to break the filibuster on a budget continuing resolution, paving the way for a reopening of the federal government. Good morning, everybody. I’m very thankful to see […] The post JOHNSON: Greetings On Day 41 Of The Soon-To-Be-Ended Shutdown appeared first on The Hayri…
Chris Pappas breaks with N.H. Senator Jeanne Shaheen on deal to end shutdown: ‘I can’t support it’ - The Boston Globe
The retiring senator’s daughter, who is campaigning to succeed Pappas in Congress, also spoke out against the bipartisan agreement her mother helped to negotiate.
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