Senate to vote on funding deal
The US Capitol building, shown on North Capitol Street in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2025.
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The Senate was on track to pass a deal Sunday night that could end the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1.
A person familiar with the deal told CNBC that enough Democratic senators agreed to vote for the deal to clear the 60-vote minimum threshold. It will provide funding to the US government through the end of January.
The person familiar with the deal said at least eight members of the Democratic party would vote in favor of the deal. That would give the measure 61 votes, one more than the minimum number needed to pass.
If the agreement is accepted, it will need to be approved and signed by the House of Representatives before the shutdown ends.
The Senate has been deadlocked for weeks over the Republican majority’s insistence on passing a House bill that would provide short-term funding for government operations without addressing a key question about the fate of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits.
And most Democrats refused to vote for a stopgap funding bill that would not extend the life of ACA subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year.
The agreement calls for a vote on a bill related to ACA credits by the second week of December. Democrats will be able to choose which bill to vote on at a time when there is strong public support for expanding subsidies that more than 20 million Americans use to reduce the cost of health insurance coverage purchased through Obamacare marketplaces.
The agreement also calls for reversing all permanent layoffs of state employees during the shutdown and preserving such so-called in-force cuts through the end of fiscal 2026.
The agreement guarantees that all federal employees will be paid their regular wages during the shutdown, many of whom are not allowed to work.
The package also includes provisions to have a bipartisan budget process and prevent the White House from using continuing resolutions to fund the government.
It will also fund the SNAP program, which helps feed 42 million Americans with food stamps through September.
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