Overview
- The Senate cleared a 60–40 procedural hurdle as seven Democrats and independent Angus King joined Republicans to advance the bill.
- The package would fund key agencies through January 30, restore SNAP, provide retroactive pay to roughly 650,000 federal workers, and reinstate those dismissed during the shutdown.
- Republican leaders pledged a separate December vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies rather than including an immediate extension in the funding bill.
- The measure still requires final Senate action, passage in the House and the president’s signature, and full operations and paychecks could take days to resume.
- Democratic leaders including Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders opposed the deal over health‑care concerns, as President Trump voiced optimism about ending the shutdown.