US government shutdown ends as the Senate votes 60-40 to reopen the federal government after more than 40 days of deadlock, the longest shutdown in American history.
The Senate has voted to end the record-breaking US government shutdown, with nearly all Republicans joined by 8 Democrats to clear the 60-vote threshold. The funding bill now goes to the House of Representatives for a final vote before it can reach the president's desk. The deal would fund most of the government through January 30, guarantee back pay for furloughed federal workers, reverse layoffs carried out during the shutdown, and provide full-year funding for food assistance, veterans' programmes and military construction.
But the agreement does not extend health insurance subsidies due to expire at the end of the year, which help around 24 million Americans afford coverage. Instead, Senate leaders have promised a separate vote on the subsidies in December, a compromise that has split Democrats and left the health care fight unresolved. This report explains what is in the deal, why the shutdown lasted so long, what it cost federal workers, travellers and families, and what happens next in the House.
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