U.S. Senate passes bill to end historic shutdown

The U.S. Senate has passed a compromise bill to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, restoring federal funding.

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00:00The United States Senate has passed an agreement to end the longest government shutdown in the country's history.

00:06The bill was approved by a 60 to 40 vote, with support from nearly all Republican senators and eight Democrats.

00:16The decision brings an end to weeks of political deadlock that had disrupted food assistance for millions,

00:23left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid, and caused major flight delays nationwide.

00:28The agreement restores funding for federal agencies whose budgets expired on the 1st of October,

00:35and halts President Donald Trump's plan to cut the federal workforce.

00:39It also guarantees that no employee layoffs will take place until the 30th of January.

00:45The agreement now heads to the Republican-led House,

00:48where Speaker Mike Johnson aims to pass it by Wednesday and send it to Trump.