Senate advances stopgap spending bill, marking major step toward ending longest govt. shutdown in U.S. history

OAN Staff Blake Wolf

The Senate advanced a motion to end the government shutdown on Sunday night amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

GOP Senators were able to strike a deal with centrist Democrat Senators, clearing the first major roadblock on the path towards reopening the government, which has been closed for 40 days.

Eight Senate Democrats joined the Republicans in voting to end the shutdown, effectively defecting from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) holdout.

The Democrat Senators who signed on to the bill are as follows:

• John Fetterman (D-Pa.)
• Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
• Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
• Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)
• Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
• Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
• Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)

In exchange for their vote, the GOP agreed to a future vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, although there is no guarantee that the measure would pass in the GOP-controlled Congress.

The Democrats were also able to get the Republicans to agree to reverse President Donald Trump’s layoffs of federal workers during the shutdown.

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