After 41 days, the government shutdown finally came to an end after eight Democratic senators broke ranks and sided with Republicans.
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In the aftermath of the longest-running shutdown, President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he supports the provisional bipartisan agreement being finalized in the Senate to reopen the government, according to Fox News.
Reporters asked him if he supported the proposal, to which Trump replied, “They want to change the deal a little bit but I would say so. Based on everything I’m hearing they haven’t changed anything. And we have support from enough Democrats, and we’re going to be opening up our country.”
The president added, “It’s too bad it was closed, but we’ll be opening up our country very quickly.”
The measure at hand would cease the shutdown by funding several key agencies for a full year and approving a short-term continuing resolution through Jan. 30 to maintain operations for the rest of the government.
According to The Epoch Times, on Sunday evening, after an uncommonly busy weekend at the Capitol that saw bipartisan negotiations and all-nighters by legislative staff, sufficient Democrats -eight- had voted for the proposal to all but ensure that at least 60 senators will agree to invoke cloture on the funding bill.
In the end, eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke rank with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to put a finish to the government shutdown.
🚨 JUST IN — PRESIDENT TRUMP: “It looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending!”
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 10, 2025
“We’ll never agree to give ANY money to prisoners or illegals who come into our country! And I think the Democrats understand that.”
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The settlement measure that passed by a 60-to-40 vote came with a promise from Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, to permit a vote in December on the Democrats’ main demand: extending health care subsidies that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year.
The conclusion of the procedural vote was delayed as Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) was not present as the vote sat at 59–40.
Hours after the vote started, Cornyn rushed to the Capitol from Dulles International Airport in Virginia, coming after a day of fierce flight delays nationwide as an outcome of the shutdown’s impacts on air traffic control. As Cornyn cast the 60th vote for the bill around 11 p.m. ET, cheers from other members in the chamber were audible.
The final tally was 60–40, achieving the bare minimum needed to break the filibuster.
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