Overview
- The Senate voted 60–40 to proceed on a House-passed stopgap, with negotiators assembling a package that funds government operations through January 30, 2026 and includes three full-year appropriations.
- Under the emerging framework, senators would hold a separate December vote on whether to extend expiring ACA subsidies rather than folding them into the short-term bill.
- The measure must still clear the House before going to President Trump, a sequence that could take days given pockets of resistance in both parties.
- The package under discussion includes back pay and rehiring for furloughed federal employees, alongside full‑year funding for agriculture, veterans programs, and military construction.
- SNAP benefits remain unsettled after the Supreme Court paused a lower‑court order for full payments; USDA instructed states to reverse planned November disbursements as roughly 42 million beneficiaries await clarity, while FAA traffic limits have driven more than 1,700 flight cancellations over the weekend.