Senate passes funding bill to end government shutdown, sending it to House
The Senate passed its bill that would end the government shutdown on Monday night by a vote of 60-40.
The bill now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration. The House could vote on it as soon as Wednesday and then send it on to President Donald Trump's desk.
The vote was gaveled down at 9:26 p.m. EST. Sen. Eric Schmitt was presiding.
The same Democratic senators who supported this bill during Sunday's procedural vote supported it again on Monday night. Eight members of the Democratic caucus voted in favor of the bills: Sens. Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Jacky Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and Angus King. Sen. Rand Paul was the only Republican to cast a vote against the bill.
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Nov 11, 2025, 2:16 AM GMT
Senate begins voting on funding bill to end government shutdown
The Senate has started voting on a funding bill to end the government shutdown.
ByAllison Pecorin
Nov 11, 2025, 12:02 AM GMT
Senate locks in vote on funding bill Monday night
The Senate has officially locked in a deal to complete its work on government funding Monday night.
The Senate was scheduled to begin a series of eight votes at 5:30 p.m. The eighth and final vote in the series will be the vote to pass the government funding bill. It is expected to pass.
Votes in the Senate can sometimes take a while unless senators are motivated to move quickly. It could take three hours to get through all eight votes.
Once the Senate votes on the bill, it will go to the House for consideration there.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday afternoon he expects a vote in the lower chamber as early as Wednesday.
ByHalle Troadec and Brittany Shepherd
Nov 10, 2025, 10:57 PM GMT
'A very bad night': Democrats face blowback from their own party over shutdown deal
Democrats did not receive their one key demand in the shutdown battle: extending Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year. Instead, the deal promises a vote on health care subsidies in the coming weeks -- something Senate Majority Leader John Thune had already offered as part of a deal over a month ago.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who has been a vocal leader in the fight to extend health care subsidies, posted a video on X Sunday night captioned: "Tonight was a very bad night."
"This was a very, very bad vote," Sanders said, adding that the deal "raises health care premiums for over 20 million Americans" and "paves the way for 15 million people to be thrown off of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act."
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands next to a poster during a news conference about SNAP benefits, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Sanders said last week's elections -- in which Democrats across the country won by historic margins -- shows that "the American people want us to stand up to Trumpism, to his war against working-class people, to his authoritarianism. That is what the American people wanted. But tonight, that is not what happened."
Sanders was not alone. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the party "lost" the fight over health care. Sen. Chris Murphy argued there was "no way to defend" the yes vote.
"My fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence," Murphy wrote on X.
Several key Democratic governors, some of whom are rumored to be considering a bid for the White House in 2028, are criticizing the deal. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the negotiations a "deeply disappointing result" with the administration steamrolling Congress. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wrote in a post on X that instead of a deal, it's an "empty promise," and California Gov. Gavin Newsom curtly called the move by Senate Democrats "pathetic."
