The U.S. Senate bipartisan has reached an agreement to end the government shutdown
There are already "enough" members in the Senate Democratic leadership who support pushing the agreement through, and it is expected that Senate Republicans will also support this agreement.
The Senate plans to vote on the temporary spending bill passed by the House of Representatives later Sunday evening to reopen the government. This bill will later become the basis for a larger budget agreement.
Later this week, the Senate will review a package of legislative measures to provide full-year funding for the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects, as well as for Congress operations.
This is the result of months of bipartisan, inter-chamber negotiations. Funding for other federal agencies will be maintained until January 30 under the continuing resolution text released on Sunday.
Senate Republican leader John Thune agreed to hold a vote on extending subsidies under the Affordable Care Act in December. These subsidies will expire at the end of the year if Congress does not take action.
The Democrats will also have the power to decide which extension bills go to the voting process.
The agreement also guarantees that federal employees who were laid off due to the government shutdown will return to work and receive back pay for the period of the shutdown. (Politico)
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