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US Senate on verge of passing bill to end record-breaking shutdown, House up next
The Senate's 60-40 vote includes reinstating federal workers and retroactive pay amid a standoff over Affordable Care Act credits and nutrition program funding.
- Sunday the U.S. Senate voted 60-40 to advance a procedural measure on a temporary funding bill that would keep federal money flowing through January and reinstate furloughed federal employees eligible for retroactive pay.
- Procedural hurdles and timing forced senators to navigate time-consuming steps, as federal court rulings required full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, leaving the government days from reopening.
- The breakthrough came after more than a dozen failed votes as eight Democratic senators joined nearly all Republicans to reach the 60 votes needed, with GOP Sen. Rand Paul as the lone no.
- House lawmakers could vote as soon as this week, with a 36-hour recall notice from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, and final passage requires President Donald Trump's signature.
- The deal pairs three appropriations bills with a promise of a vote next month on subsidy renewal, but offers no guarantee Republicans and President Trump will support extending aid for more than 24 million Americans and nearly 55,000 Mainers.
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The bill passed in the Senate, now on its way to the House, consists of three funding proposals, but not health insurance tax credits.
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