Overview
- After 40 days of halted operations, a procedural Senate vote advanced three bipartisan spending bills and a short-term extension to fund the rest of the government into late January.
- Republicans pledged a mid-December vote on extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, though reports note there is no guarantee the measure will pass.
- The eight who crossed the aisle were Angus King, John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Jacky Rosen, Tim Kaine and Dick Durbin.
- Final passage and a presidential signature are still required to fully reopen agencies, even as backers cite urgent needs for federal workers, flights and SNAP benefits.
- On ABC’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin questioned GOP follow-through and blasted Democrats’ strategy, while Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sara Haines defended ending the shutdown to ease immediate harms.