Overview
- The Senate cleared a 60-40 procedural vote after eight Democrats joined Republicans to advance a package that would restore funding through late January and attach three full-year appropriations bills.
- The plan funds agriculture and the FDA, military construction and veterans affairs, and the legislative branch for the full fiscal year while extending other government funding to roughly Jan. 30.
- The agreement reinstates federal employees dismissed during the shutdown, bars further reductions in force through January, guarantees back pay, and reimburses states that fronted SNAP and WIC costs.
- The deal delays any extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, offering only a mid-December Senate vote, which split Senate Democrats and prompted House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries to oppose the measure.
- Speaker Mike Johnson told House members to return to Washington, but he has not committed to an ACA vote, and final passage still faces Senate procedural steps and a difficult path in the House as shutdown disruptions escalate, including more than 2,000 flight cancellations reported on a peak day.