A long-awaited vote has happened – Congress has passed a spending plan to end the federal government shutdown. The compromise would fund much of the government through January and provide funding for SNAP and some agencies through the end of September 2026.

The federal government has been closed since October 1.

Missouri U.S. Senators Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt voted in favor of the bill to end the 43-day federal government shutdown – the longest one in U.S. history. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was the sole Republican no vote.

The U.S. House vote was largely along party lines. Missouri’s Republican U.S. House members supported the plan.

Northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves told Missourinet affiliate KFEQ in St. Joseph he’s glad the shutdown is finally over.

“You know, in a shutdown l

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