The senate deal to end the government shutdown would extend funding through january and promise democrats a vote on health care. The senate passed a revised stopgap funding bill to move toward ending the shutdown on monday, sending the legislation back to the house for consideration as lawmakers in the lower chamber return. Eight senate democrats broke ranks to vote with republicans to end the shutdown. A small band of senate democrats voted with republicans on monday night to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government — without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an. The senate on monday passed a bill to end the longest government shutdown in history after more than a month of stalemate Seven democrats and senator angus king, a maine independent, joined.
The senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of democrats struck a deal with republicans.
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