The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take days
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.
As part of the deal, Thune said he would allow a vote on a bill to deal with the credits by the second week of December. But even if it succeeds, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson has said he will not put such a measure on the floor.
Its so funny how small this story is right now… lol. The dems are walking back tail between their legs kicking rocks with tears in their eyes lol. Im sorry. I just imagined Schumer somberly shuffling while pouting.
Democratic senators voting in favor:
- Dick Durbin (Illinois)
- Angus King (Maine, independent caucusing with Democrats)
- Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire)
- Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada)
- Jacky Rosen (Nevada)
- John Fetterman (Pennsylvania)
- Tim Kaine (Virginia)
ugh. durbins a lame duck and I guess this is what he wants his legacy to be.
This is relief-lite, not a solution. Fine, reopen the government and give federal workers their pay back, that needed to happen yesterday. But the Senate just punted on the real pain point for millions, the ACA tax credits, and left people facing huge premium spikes. Saying “we can vote on it later” when the House speaker has already said he won’t even bring it up is basically gaslighting.
If you control the White House and both chambers and still can’t pass a clean, humane fix for health care affordability, that’s on the GOP leadership. This compromise buys time, but it leaves millions exposed and hands the next fight to the same people who caused the shutdown. Pressure needs to go to the House, not just sighing relief in the Senate.
“But people need to fly for the holidays! Don’t you understand?! There’s billions of dolla-I mean, family gatherings to think of. Think of the gatherings!”
The Senate, however, is expected to leave for a previously scheduled weeklong recess as soon as it can clear the funding package for the House, which could incentivize lawmakers not to hold up the process.
Why work when you already get paid for doing absolutely nothing?
This is not the first time voting became a priority before vacation gets cancelled.
OK, this is starting to make sense.
The deal says “You have to put the ACA subsidies to a vote by December. In return, we’ll fund the government until January.”
So they’re not giving up their leverage, because if the Republicans fuck around the Dems can just slam the brakes on again right away. Meanwhile it puts the ball squarely in the Republicans court to actually do something about this issue that is raising healthcare prices for people all across America. It puts the focus on the Republican controlled House, and on Trump, letting the public really see who is fighting for them and who isn’t.
I know it’s easy to assume that this is another example of Shumer caving (God only knows, he does it so much I’m starting to think his spine is a paper straw), but looking at the details I’m starting to think this is actually a solid play.
When it comes down to it they don’t want to shoulder the bad guy thing for the holidays. Problem is that folks have to decide on getting healthcare by end of november.
Disagree.
Democrats have the leverage now, and there isn’t any reason why Republicans can’t put a temporary extension in the ACA credits now anyway.
Buying time does nothing for democrats but gives Republicans slack to change the focus before committing to anything. This is a cowardly backpeddle, not a calculated maneuver
There’s no more leverage.
Among what others said, it specifically doesn’t require the House to return to vote before it gets the chance to oust a Dem seat and keep the Epstein vote right where Mikey wants it.
The deal is government opens. That’s it.
Democrats just voted for that. That’s it.
There is no assumption. The vote already happened.
I know it’s easy to assume that this is another example of Shumer caving
People are going to, but Schumer is at least saying he’s against it, and wasn’t one of the votes.
He’s not a leader, he was there to relay orders from the DNC to politicians, and any “power” he had with that was the DNC bankrupting someone’s state party if they refused to obey.
Without a corrupt DNC backing him, no one cares what Schumer says/thinks.
It’s a big reason why Schumer needs replaced in leadership asap.
He’s completely useless, so we might as well give it to a young/popular senator. Someone that Dem voters like at least. Everytime Schumer steps in front of a mic, it depresses Dem turnout.
Quick edit:
To be clear, this is how every neoliberal “led”.
And why I hate people saying “Well, Pelosi was good at whipping votes”…
She was just willing to bankrupt entire state parties handing seats to republicans if anyone with a D by their name didn’t do what the neoliberala running the DNC wanted.
That was never a good thing.
But now we’re returning to a bottom-up structure. Where elected reps answer to voters, and all the DNC does is run unbiased primaries every four years and ensures the state parties are funded enough to compete.
We don’t want a powerful DNC, that’s been the problem for 30-50 years now…
They’re giving up a big part of it. They’re funding several different departments through 2026.
