Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in a 60-to-40 procedural vote on Sunday night to advance spending legislation that would terminate the 40-day government shutdown, the longest such closure in American history. The temporary funding measure extends through January and includes provisions reversing federal worker layoffs, though it lacks the health insurance subsidy extension that Democrats had demanded as their primary condition.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune pledged to schedule a December vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits for one year, but Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, rejected the compromise as inadequate. Senators Angus King, Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Jacky Rosen broke with their caucus, citing mounting disruptions to food assistance programs and air travel alongside hardship for furloughed workers.
The agreement preserves $1.2 billion for the Food for Peace program despite administration opposition and maintains Government Accountability Office funding at current levels.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune pledged to schedule a December vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits for one year, but Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, rejected the compromise as inadequate. Senators Angus King, Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Catherine Cortez Masto, and Jacky Rosen broke with their caucus, citing mounting disruptions to food assistance programs and air travel alongside hardship for furloughed workers.
The agreement preserves $1.2 billion for the Food for Peace program despite administration opposition and maintains Government Accountability Office funding at current levels.
