"This past Sunday, which marked the 40th day of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, five Democrats broke with their party in the Senate and switched sides. With their votes, and those of the three senators who had been aligned with the Republicans since the beginning of the shutdown, the conservatives were able to secure the 60 votes they needed to pass a budget proposal to end the crisis."
"They secured an agreement to reopen the federal government until the end of January, fund food stamps for 42 million people through fiscal year 2026, and guarantee that the Trump administration will reinstate employees laid off in recent weeks, retroactively pay back wages to those who kept their jobs, and refrain from firing any more federal employees for the next two and a half months."
On the 40th day of the longest U.S. government shutdown, five Senate Democrats broke with their party and sided with conservatives, joining three others already aligned with Republicans to reach the 60-vote threshold. The supermajority passed a budget proposal to end the shutdown after six weeks of intense partisan deadlock. The agreement reopens the federal government until the end of January, funds food stamps for 42 million people through fiscal year 2026, mandates reinstatement and retroactive pay for affected federal employees, prohibits further firings for two and a half months, and includes three budget bills and a pledge for a Senate vote on Obamacare subsidies.
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