DEMOCRATIC UNITY FRACTURES PAVING THE WAY FOR REOPENING

Senate takes first step toward ending US government shutdown

- ANI

The US Senate voted 60-40 on Sunday night to break the weeks-long government shutdown, marking the first major step toward reopening federal agencies as early as later this week, Politico reported.

The breakthrough came after eight Senate Democrats agreed to support a bipartisan funding package that would fully fund several key agencies for the rest of the fiscal year and extend all others through January 30, 2026. The deal followed tense negotiations between Senate leaders, the White House, and centrist lawmakers.

In exchange, Democrats secured two key concessions from the Trump administration: a commitment to rehire thousands of federal workers who were dismissed at the start of the shutdown and a promise of a Senate floor vote in December on extending expiring Obamacare tax credits.