US government moves toward reopening - Senate approves bill to end shutdown
The United States Senate has approved a compromise to end the longest government shutdown in the country's history. For weeks, the situation had suspended food aid for millions of citizens, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay and caused delays in air traffic.
The bill passed 60-40, with the support of nearly all Republicans and eight Democrats, who had unsuccessfully sought to tie government funding to health subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. The deal calls for a December vote on those subsidies, which benefit about 24 million Americans, but does not guarantee their continuation.
The approved package will restore funding for federal agencies, whose budgets expired on October 1, and temporarily suspend President Donald Trump's effort to reduce the federal workforce, halting any layoffs until January 30.
The bill now moves to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass by Wednesday. The document will then be immediately sent to President Trump for signature. Under the agreement, the government will be funded through Jan. 30, temporarily continuing the current fiscal path, which adds about $1.8 trillion to the national debt, which already stands at $38 trillion.
The approval of the deal comes just a week after Democrats won key elections in New Jersey and Virginia, and elected a Democratic socialist as the next mayor of New York City. However, some Democrats have expressed disappointment with the compromise, noting that there is no guarantee that the Republican-controlled Congress will later agree to extend the health subsidies.
Trump has unilaterally canceled billions of dollars in federal spending and significantly cut the number of public employees, interfering with Congress' constitutional authority over budget matters.
The bill does not include clear mechanisms to prevent further presidential interventions in cutting spending, but it does ensure funding for the SNAP food program through September 30 of next year.
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