After 43 days, Congress has reached a budget deal allowing the federal government to reopen. The vote came out to 222-209. The legislation provides Fiscal Year 2025 funding to keep the government open through Jan. 30, 2026 to give negotiators more time to strike a longer-term deal for Fiscal Year 2026. It also reverses the mass firings of federal workers by the Trump administration since the shutdown began on Oct. 1 and guarantees workers who were furloughed or worked without pay receive backpay. The bill funds the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration; the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction; and the legislative branch through Sept. 30, 2026. Republicans crafted a short-term measure to fund the government through Nov. 21, but Democrats insist

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