The longest-ever U.S. government shutdown appears close to an end, as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on a stopgap funding bill passed by the Senate. The move follows weeks of political gridlock that left more than a million federal employees unpaid and disrupted key government services.
The Senate approved the stopgap bill on Monday, October 10th in a 60–40 vote, with several Democrats joining Republicans to back the compromise measure.
“We’ll be opening up our country very quickly,” President Donald Trump said, calling the deal “a very good one” for American workers and taxpayers.
After the vote, Senate Republican Leader John Thune posted on X, formerly Twitter, that he was glad to support the
clear path to ending this unnecessary shutdown in a responsible way that quickly pays federal workers and reopens the federal government.
The shutdown—which began on October 1st–—has taken a growing toll on daily life. Washington announced a 10% reduction in flight capacity at 40 major airports nationwide starting November 6th, as air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers remained unpaid.
According to House Speaker Mike Johnson, “It appears to us this morning that our long national nightmare is finally coming to an end, and we’re grateful for that.”
