After weeks of false and failed votes, the US Senate secured 60 votes to keep the Permanent Republise of the Federal Republicans to stop the measure to support the measure to send it back to the house for another vote. The democratic caucus refers to the anger of the defenders, who nevertheless labeled their decision as the best available option.
They were Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and independent Angus King of Maine who caucuses with the Democrats. Republican Senator Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was the lone member of his party to vote against the bill, which he has done for weeks.
Many Democrats who switch their votes face future political transitions. Shaheen and Durbin are both retiring after this term while Hassan and Rosen face reelection battles in 2026. Cortez, Mastro and King have one day.
The legislation provides government funding until 30 January 2026 and includes provisions to prevent federal workers from Trump’s layoffs that occur during the shutdown. It also prohibits further redundancies in government departments and agencies until the end of January.
In a statement after the vote, shaheen stood by his decision. “This is the only deal on the table. This is our best chance to reopen the government and immediately begin negotiations to participate in the ACA Tax Credits,” he said.
Kaine, whose home state of Virginia is home to a large federal workforce, said the agreement His requirements were met. “This legislation will protect Federal workers from base firings, restore wrongful terminations during the shutdown, and ensure that Federal workers receive compensation,” he said.
Cortez Mastro, facing pressure from the Tourism and Hapicality Sectors, avoided avoiding a government shutdown from the beginning. “We need to expand the ACA plus premium tax credits, but that won’t cost millions of Americans… [affected] by closing,” he said in a September statement.
Hari, who has followed the opening of the government since the beginning, gave a more resigned assessment of the impasse. “The question is … is a solution to the ACA going to be more likely? It’s not … in the meantime, a lot of people are going to be hurt,” he told reporters.
Durbin, who is retiring, acknowledged the bill’s limitations while defending the compromise. “This bill is not perfect, but it takes significant steps to reduce the painful shutdown,” he said in a statement.
But the statements did not stop the anger from inside the democratic caucus, including the main leader of the Senate who depends on the credits of negotiations of the Party that did not get the Republicans.
“However this vote is made, this fight must continue,” Schumer said said in a statement ahead of the vote.
The new measure now must return to the house for another vote, even though the Democratic leadership has already signed on to oppose it. house minority leader hakeem jeffries, Dismissed Senate Compromise Before the vote took place, it was said that the Democrats would not return to “a promise, a wing and a prayer, from the people who have destroyed the care of the American people for years”.
Republicans have a narrow majority in the house, meaning they could pass the bill without Democratic support if they remain united. However, the razor-thin margin means that even some Republican breakaways could hurt the pace.
The shutdown, which became the longest in American history, centered on a dispute over the improvement of premium tax credits to care premium taxes. Polling from Kffa non-partisan health policy group, shows Americans are almost evenly divided over the democrats’ rejection, even as the shutdown continues to shut down after shutdown.
Some reviews show that Most Americans blame the Republicans for closing by double-digit margins.