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November 10, 2025

7 Democratic Senators Join Republicans to Pass Key Bill to End Government Shutdown
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The U.S. federal government shutdown has entered its 41st day. On Sunday
night, seven Democratic senators broke away from their party to vote
alongside Republicans on a key bill to end the shutdown and fund most
government agencies until January 30. The Democratic senators include
Tim Kaine of Virginia, Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen of Nevada,
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New
Hampshire, and Dick Durbin of Illinois, as well as Maine's Independent
senator Angus King. The measure does not include an extension of the
expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. The bill still needs to pass
the House before the government can be reopened, and that would require
Speaker Mike Johnson to call a House session and finally swear in
Representative Elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona; she would be the final
vote on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files.


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