The deal funds the government for in the short term and guarantees a vote on aca tax credits Follow newsweek for live updates. On day 40 of the shutdown, eight democrats joined republicans in advancing a government funding measure, after 14 previous votes fell short. Washington (ap) — a legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track monday after a handful of senate democrats joined with republicans to break the impasse in what has become. Republicans are swatting down an offer from democrats to end the government shutdown It’s unclear what may happen next
Thune is keeping the senate in session over the weekend. Us government shutdown live updates If the votes pass, the logjam in the us congress would end and the bill would then proceed to the house of representatives for passing and later on to president trump for his signature. The government shutdown, which has lasted over 40 days now, seems to be nearing its end, president donald trump announced
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