Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Senate strikes compromise that offers end to shutdown if House concurs

The compromise legislation authorizes government funding through 30 January 2026 and undoes the firings of federal workers that the White House carried out after the shutdown began. It also guarantees retroactive pay for furloughed federal workers and those who stayed on the job during the shutdown, and prevents further layoffs through January. Included in the compromise are three appropriations bill that will authorize spending through the 2026 fiscal year for the departments of agriculture and veterans affairs, among others. 

The compromise does not resolved the issue of the Affordable Care Act premiums, which one study forecast would jump by an average of 26% if the tax credits were allowed to expire…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/us-government-shutdown-update-senate-funding-bill


 

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