Overview
- The Senate voted 60-40 to advance a compromise funding bill after seven Democrats and one independent joined Republicans to clear the filibuster threshold.
- Funding would run through Jan. 30, 2026, with three full‑year appropriations for veterans’ affairs, agriculture and the FDA, and the legislative branch included in the package.
- The plan reverses mass federal firings ordered during the shutdown, bars additional reductions in force through January, and guarantees back pay for affected workers.
- The agreement omits an extension of expiring ACA premium tax credits, offering instead a promised mid‑December Senate vote, and Speaker Mike Johnson has not committed to a House vote on subsidies.
- Further Senate procedures are pending, Johnson has called House members back to Washington, the White House labeled the deal a positive development, and shutdown effects have intensified with widespread flight disruptions, delayed SNAP benefits, and surging food‑bank demand.