BREAKING: Senate Votes to End Government Shutdown After 41 Days, Sends Bipartisan Deal to House
By Space Coast Daily // November 10, 2025
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WASHINGTON D.C. – The Senate ended its weeks-long shutdown standoff late Monday night by advancing a bipartisan funding package aimed at reopening the federal government.
The measure passed after eight Senate Democrats joined Republicans to support the plan, providing the votes needed to send the legislation to the House.
The agreement came on the 41st day of the shutdown and includes a continuing resolution combined with three separate spending bills in a single “minibus” package.
For much of last week — and even earlier Monday — it was unclear whether the Senate would reach this point. Lawmakers cleared an early procedural hurdle earlier in the day, but last-minute objections and procedural delays threatened to slow progress.
“I think everybody’s pretty united behind this bill,” said Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. “We want to reopen the government.”
Throughout the shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and most Democrats had called for reopening the government only if an agreement was reached on extending certain health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. That deal did not come together, but the final package includes a commitment from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to hold a future vote on the issue.
Thune said that a vote would come, “No later than the second week of December.” The subsidies are set to expire by the end of the year.
“We have senators, both Democrat and Republican, who are eager to get to work to address that crisis in a bipartisan way,” he said. “These senators are not interested in political games, they’re interested in finding real ways to address healthcare costs for American families. We also have a president who is willing to sit down and get to work on this issue.”
