US shutdown nears end as Senate passes deal

MOTION PASSED

- BLOOMBERG

A RECORD-SETTING 41-day US government shutdown is on a path to end as soon as Wednesday after the Senate passed a temporary funding measure backed by a group of eight centrist Democrats.

The Senate’s 60-40 vote comes amid escalating flight disruptions, food aid delays and frustrations in a federal workforce that has mostly gone without pay for more than a month.

The Republican-controlled House must still approve the spending package, which keeps most of the government open through January 30 and some agencies through Sept. 30. But Speaker Mike Johnson said he expects it will pass quickly.