The federal government has been shut down for 40 days, but it could be over soon.

And the United States Senate is taking steps to end the government shutdown, with Democrats like Sen. Tim Kaine voting in favor of a deal to reopen the government.

Kaine said, “I made plain that I needed the restoration of people to their jobs and back pay, but I needed a no-RIF guarantee going forward, and that was the last piece that came together in the entire puzzle.”

Kaine says there were three things he needed to see out of the White House before he could vote yes. Furloughed employees would return to work and receive back pay, that all RIF’d employees would be reinstated, and that there’d be no layoffs moving forward.

Kaine said, “They really were reluctant to give me the pledge on no RIFs going fo

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