WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government is on track to reopen after the longest shutdown in U.S. history, but final votes are still needed in the Senate and then the House to end the 41-day impasse.
The Senate voted 60-40 late on Nov. 9 to advance legislation to end the shutdown. Eight Democratic senators relented on long-held demands over health care policy and joined 52 Republicans to end the filibuster blocking the measure.
A final Senate vote could come as early as Monday, Nov. 10. The Senate is set to reconvene at 11 a.m. ET. But because senators changed the temporary funding measure that the House sent them, to temporarily extend funding to Jan. 30, the House must vote again before sending the bill to President Donald Trump.
What's in the compromise?
The compromise would reverse layoffs of 4,000 federal workers stemming from the shutdown, which a federal judge blocked. And the compromise provides for a December vote on whether to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, that expire Dec. 31.
Republican leaders have opposed extending Obamacare subsidies without overhauling the program that Trump and others have called wasteful and too expensive.
Obamacare premiums are set to double without an extension. Most Senate Democrats refused to reopen the government unless the tax credits were extended.
"I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia.
House vote not yet scheduled
Assuming the deal receives final approval in the Senate, the continuing resolution would then go to the House, where Republicans hold a narrow majority. No vote has been scheduled yet.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, could face a challenge to corral House Republicans back to the Capitol after the House hasn't taken a vote for weeks. House members had been on a 48-hour return notice, but that has since shifted to 36 hours. Either way, it could take several days to assemble as airlines reported the most flight disruptions of the shutdown on Nov. 9.
Most Senate Democrats refused for weeks to reopen the government unless a deal included the extension of the health care subsidies, which are set to end Dec. 31. The compromise included a commitment for a Senate vote in the second week of December to potentially extend Obamacare subsidies.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, had offered such a vote early in the shutdown. Despite the compromise, most Democrats have been worried the vote to extend Obamacare tax credits would fail because many Republicans in the House and Senate are opposed to an extension unless the program is overhauled.
(This story has been updated with more information.)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Is the federal government shutdown over? Here's what still needs to happen.
Reporting by Joey Garrison and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY / USA TODAY
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