Shutdown appears to be over

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
sunday, november 9, 2025 at 8:17:00 p.m. est

Shutdown appears to be over

"(zh) update (20:05 ET): senate republicans have secured enough senate democrats to back a new plan to reopen the government.

"details:

"the core would be a continuing resolution to reopen the government until jan. 30, 2026

"it will reverse the Trump administration's firings of furloughed workers and ensure they receive back pay.

"a three-bill spending package known as a 'minibus' that would fund military construction, the va, the legislative branch, agriculture and the fda.

"the package does not extend expiring pandemic-era obamacare subsidies

"the bipartisan deal was hammered out by senate appropriations chair Susan Collins (r-me), while a trio of democratic caucus members; sens. Angus King (i-me), Jeanne Shaheen (d-nh) and Maggie Hassan (d-nh) provided critical support, Fox news reports.

"of note, this is essentially what republicans had offered weeks ago - with sen. King explaining that the 'length of the shutdown' was the deciding factor."

GRA: I'm not sure, but P.T. BETTER send $2,000 in stimmies to offset the heath insurance increases supposedly coming up.

--GRA