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Andrea Riccardi
A bipartisan deal has been reached in the Senate to end the record government shutdown that has paralyzed US government offices for forty days. A fundamental step is a vote in the Senate, with 60 votes in favor and 40 against, on the budget bill. The agreement must be passed by the House of Representatives, where it is unclear if it has support from the Democratic Party, and then get approval from US President Donald Trump to become law and reopen government offices.
The agreement contains three bills to fund some departments, such as Agriculture, through the end of the fiscal year next fall, and a resolution to fund the entire government at current spending levels through Jan. 30. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will also be funded through next September. The eight Democrats who voted for the deal were Shaheen, Hassan, King and Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.
“We seem to be getting closer to the end of the US government shutdown,” US President Donald Trump told reporters after reaching a deal in the Senate to fund government activities through January 30.
