Trump backs Senate deal that would end government shutdown
US President Donald Trump watches the swearing-in ceremony of US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC on November 10, 2025.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that he has approved a pending deal in the Senate that would end the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown.
“I would say so based on everything I’ve heard,” Trump said in the Oval Office about Sunday night’s agreement, which clears a key procedural hurdle in the Senate.
Any bill that would fund the government and end the shutdown, now in its 41st day, would need to be signed by Trump to take effect.
When asked if his administration would sign off on rolling back mass layoffs related to the shutdown (a key component of the deal as it currently stands), Trump said he would “go along with the deal.”
Trump’s remarks included a warning that he would support the deal “if this is the deal I hear about.”
He also said that they “wanted to change the agreement a little bit” but noted that they “didn’t change anything”.
“We have support from enough Democrats and we will open our country very quickly,” he added.
The breakthrough in the Senate late Sunday came after weeks of unsuccessful votes on a Republican-backed bill that would temporarily restart government funding at current levels, as well as an alternative from Democrats that includes health care protections and other measures.
Democrats have specifically sought to permanently extend enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire by the end of the year.
The deal that breaks the deadlock makes no guarantees about Obamacare tax credits but includes a guarantee from GOP Senate leaders that the chamber will vote on Democrats’ health care bill by mid-December.
Eight Democrats voted to advance the deal, along with all but one Republican, passing the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DY) opposed the agreement, saying it failed to address concerns about health care costs.
If the agreement is approved in the Senate, it will be put to a vote in the House of Representatives before being sent to the White House for Trump’s signature.
The House of Representatives has been out of session since mid-September, when Republicans passed a temporary government funding measure almost along party lines.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called early Monday for House members to begin returning to Washington, D.C., as soon as possible to vote on the Senate agreement.
