US EditionThese are the 8 Senate Democrats who voted to end the shutdown
- A 60-40 procedural vote moved the continuing resolution into debate, marking the first major step to reopen government by extending funding to Jan. 30 and requiring a House vote.
- Partisan fights over health-care subsidies and program funding stalled appropriations for weeks, with Democrats voting 14 times since Sept. 30 against reopening without Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, while Republicans promised to reverse some Trump administration layoffs.
- A trio of senators including Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan and Angus King broke the stalemate to join the motion by advancing three bipartisan annual spending bills, while only five Democrats switched votes and Sen. John Cornyn returned with the crucial 60th vote.
- The bill would reinstate and reimburse federal workers affected by RIF notices, fund SNAP and veterans programs, and address travel disruptions with over 2,000 flight cancellations and 7,000 delays.
- The bill still requires a final Senate vote and House approval, and Speaker Mike Johnson has not pledged to bring it up; a promised ACA vote does not guarantee extension, so delays are possible.
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It now appears that seven Democratic senators and one independent will vote for a budget deal that ends the US shutdown.
US senators have reached a bipartisan agreement that will end the shutdown and keep the US government running, reports CNN.
USA: The Senate ended the filibuster and allowed government funding, but the issue of health subsidies remains open.
After forty days of government paralysis, the U.S. Senate reached an agreement to put an end to the closure, after a small group of Democratic senators accepted a compromise with the Republicans. The decision is a clear cession of the Democratic bloc: they renounce their central demand to immediately extend Obamacare’s reinforced subsidies in exchange for a future vote on that issue and for various safeguards for federal officials punished by th…
Senate takes first step toward ending government shutdown
Washington: The Senate took the first step to end the government shutdown on Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who say Americans want them to continue the fight. In a test vote that is the first in a series of required procedural maneuvers, the Senate voted 60-40 to move toward passing compromise legislation to fund the government an…
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