Senate advances funding bill to end longest-ever US government shutdown
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The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take days

The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take days

The compromise legislation authorizes government funding through 30 January 2026 and undoes the firings of federal workers that the White House carried out after the shutdown began. It also guarantees retroactive pay for furloughed federal workers and those who stayed on the job during the shutdown, and prevents further layoffs through January. Included in the compromise are three appropriations bill that will authorize spending through the 2026 fiscal year for the departments of agriculture and veterans affairs, among others.

The compromise does not resolved the issue of the Affordable Care Act premiums, which one study forecast would jump by an average of 26% if the tax credits were allowed to expire.

As part of the deal, Thune said he would allow a vote on a bill to deal with the credits by the second week of December. But even if it succeeds, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson has said he will not put such a measure on the floor.

  • fodor@lemmy.zip
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    23 hours ago

    No, it really doesn’t make sense. You’ve described a complicated setup when the simple setup would be to simply have the vote in question first. That way you don’t have any risk of anyone lying to you.

    But the other problem is that these Democrats caved once which means they’re going to cave again because the Republicans can recreate the exact same setup. All Republicans need to do is promise to have a vote on something in the future in order to make the Democrats cave on any given issue now. That’s the precedent that these eight senators have set.

    What the American people want to see, and this is clear if you look at the numbers from across the country, is for Democrats to stand up and fight against the Republicans. Even if the promised vote takes place, which it won’t, that won’t actually help the average working American. We all know it, and we find it unforgivable that these senators would pretend otherwise.