Senate Passes Package to End Shutdown, Sending It Back to House

TIME

The Senate passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end as a small group of Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans despite searing criticism from within their party.

Transcript

00:00On this vote, the yeas are 60 and the nays are 40. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and

00:13sworn have voted in the affirmative. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked,

00:18the motion to commit and the amendments pending thereto fall. This has been a very long road,

00:27quite literally the longest shutdown in history. I am very, very happy to be able

00:33to say that we are coming to the end. And before we close today, I want to take the

00:39time to say thank you to my staff who have worked around the clock tirelessly

00:46now for the past six weeks.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended