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US Senate approves deal to end government shutdown

2025-11-10 09:30:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has been approved in the Senate, paving the way for breaking the record-breaking impasse.

After a weekend of negotiations in Washington, a minority of Democrats joined Republicans in voting in favor of a deal. The vote is a procedural first step toward approving a compromise to fund the government since it ran out of money on Oct. 1.

It will have to pass several more hurdles, including a vote by the House of Representatives, before federal workers and services can return, but this is the first serious sign of progress after 40 days of lockdown.

The current government shutdown is the longest ever recorded in the US, and until this weekend it appeared that Republican and Democratic lawmakers were deadlocked.

Many government services have been suspended since October, and about 1.4 million federal employees are on unpaid leave or working without pay. The shutdown has also had broad impacts on a range of services, including air travel in the US and food benefits for 41 million low-income Americans.

The deal was negotiated between Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the White House, with Democratic senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, and Angus King of Maine, an independent who is in the Democratic caucus.

The deal includes an agreement for a vote in December on extending health care subsidies that are set to expire this year, a key issue on which Democrats had sought concessions.

Democratic Party leaders had said they would not support new funding for government operations until Congress addressed the issue of subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans pay for health insurance purchased through government-run exchanges./CNA, translated by BBC