US senators reached a bipartisan agreement this Sunday (November 9, 2025) to restore federal funding and end the government shutdown, which has extended for a record 40 days and halted many government services, US media reported.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement to fund the federal government through January following disputes over health care subsidies, food benefits and President Donald Trump’s layoffs of federal workers, CNN and Fox News reported.
“It looks like we’re getting closer to the end of the government shutdown,” President Trump told reporters upon arriving at the White House after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, mansion.
will go to the House of Representatives
The bill is scheduled for a procedural vote in the Senate this Sunday night.
After passing the Senate, it must be approved by the House, where Republicans have a very small majority, and then signed into law by President Trump.
Lawmakers say the bill would restore funding to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps more than 42 million low-income Americans pay for food.
It would also reverse President Trump’s layoffs of thousands of federal workers over the past month and secure a vote on extending health care benefits that are set to expire at the end of this year.
against the agreement
In this regard, US Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer opposed a project agreed in the Senate with Democratic support to lift the block on the federal government that had been paralyzed for 40 days.
The agreement gives Congress until Jan. 30 to approve appropriations funds for the Department of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and other agencies, as well as pay the salaries of some 650,000 suspended employees and reinstate some furloughed workers.
The senator also said he asked President Trump to meet with Democrats to reach an agreement that would provide Americans with affordable health care. “It held the people hostage by cutting support programs, canceling flights, and reducing heat while building banquet halls and golden toilets. That’s why I have to vote no,” the senator said just before the vote.
As part of that day’s negotiations, Republicans promised Democrats they would vote to extend Obamacare subsidies in December, as requested.
Another California governor who spoke out against the deal, Democrat Gavin Newsom, called it “pathetic.”
“This is not an agreement. This is a surrender and we will not bend the knee,” he said on the X account.
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