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BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
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Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
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Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans to send it to the House
The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds slated to expire. It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government as 8 Democrats join with Republicans
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final vote is 60-40.
The Dems who votes YES with 52 Republicans:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
This now goes to the House.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
Senate Republican leaders watching Trump turn their base against the filibuster
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Senate Republican leaders watching Trump turn their base against the filibuster
Senate just reached a deal to vote TONIGHT on final passage of the CR plus minibus to reopen the government. A series of 8 votes set to begin in moments.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Senate just reached a deal to vote TONIGHT on final passage of the CR plus minibus to reopen the government. A series of 8 votes set to begin in moments.
I’m about to join NPR Philly affiliate WHYY to discuss the Senate deal to end the government shutdown. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/R5-Dd1D...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m about to join NPR Philly affiliate WHYY to discuss the Senate deal to end the government shutdown. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/R5-Dd1D...
Stefany Shaheen, running for Congress in NH01, opposes the Senate deal her mother Jeanne negotiated to end the shutdown, saying it doesn’t resolve the ACA cliff: “Too many people will see health care costs that are already too high skyrocket even further starting in January.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stefany Shaheen, running for Congress in NH01, opposes the Senate deal her mother Jeanne negotiated to end the shutdown, saying it doesn’t resolve the ACA cliff: “Too many people will see health care costs that are already too high skyrocket even further starting in January.”
🚨 The Senate just reached a deal to end the government shutdown, voting 60-40 to advance it. Here’s what is in the deal, what Democrats gave up, who voted for it and what comes next in the path to turning it into a law.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
🚨 The Senate just reached a deal to end the government shutdown, voting 60-40 to advance it. Here’s what is in the deal, what Democrats gave up, who voted for it and what comes next in the path to turning it into a law.
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UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
🚨 60-40, Senators advance tentative deal to end the government shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senators advance tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it still needs to clear the House, which will likely take days.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🚨 60-40, Senators advance tentative deal to end the government shutdown www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Text I received from a senior House Democratic staffer who is NOT HAPPY about the Senate deal 👀
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Text I received from a senior House Democratic staffer who is NOT HAPPY about the Senate deal 👀
Asked whether she would be willing to vote down the next government funding bill in January if Congress fails to pass an ACA funding extension by then, Jeanne Shaheen tells reporters: "That’s certainly an option that everybody will consider."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Asked whether she would be willing to vote down the next government funding bill in January if Congress fails to pass an ACA funding extension by then, Jeanne Shaheen tells reporters: "That’s certainly an option that everybody will consider."
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BREAKING: Senators reach a tentative deal to end the government shutdown which, if passed, will take days to reach Trump’s desk to become law.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
BREAKING: Senators reach a tentative deal to end the government shutdown which, if passed, will take days to reach Trump’s desk to become law.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
NEW: Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns.
“Look, as somebody that was disappointed [with Fetterman]—if I was me looking in, I’d have the same concerns. We’ve been burned before.”
He explains why he’s different.
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“Look, as somebody that was disappointed [with Fetterman]—if I was me looking in, I’d have the same concerns. We’ve been burned before.”
He explains why he’s different.
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Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns.
The Democratic Senate candidate said he understands why some may compare him to the Pennsylvania senator, but he told NBC News he's different — and wants to earn voters' trust.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEW: Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns.
“Look, as somebody that was disappointed [with Fetterman]—if I was me looking in, I’d have the same concerns. We’ve been burned before.”
He explains why he’s different.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
“Look, as somebody that was disappointed [with Fetterman]—if I was me looking in, I’d have the same concerns. We’ve been burned before.”
He explains why he’s different.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
“Within days of her arrival at a Texas prison camp in early August, Ghislaine Maxwell gushed in emails to her friends and family over the cleanliness and safety of her new surroundings… Maxwell was moved days after meeting with Deputy AG Todd Blanche in July.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Within days of her arrival at a Texas prison camp in early August, Ghislaine Maxwell gushed in emails to her friends and family over the cleanliness and safety of her new surroundings… Maxwell was moved days after meeting with Deputy AG Todd Blanche in July.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Helluva story about how the Sierra Club strayed from its environmental mission, took up a series of other progressive social causes, fought incessantly about it internally, lost members in the process, and tore itself apart. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Helluva story about how the Sierra Club strayed from its environmental mission, took up a series of other progressive social causes, fought incessantly about it internally, lost members in the process, and tore itself apart. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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I watched this twice just to hear you say *ass kicking* lol.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I watched this twice just to hear you say *ass kicking* lol.
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Senate Democrats have an offer to reopen the government, proposing a one-year extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies alongside a package of funding measures in order to secure their votes.
Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Senate Democrats have an offer to reopen the government, proposing a one-year extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies alongside a package of funding measures in order to secure their votes.
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
GOP SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: It may be 2026 when we'll come out of the shutdown.
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
REPORTERS: 😳
KENNEDY: I'm not kidding, you guys. I mean, you see what I see. Okay? This shutdown is going to last a long time. What's going to get us out of it?
How Democrats won blowout victories in the 2025 elections
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
How Democrats won blowout victories in the 2025 elections
Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Arguing against extending ACA funds, GOP senators are circulating charts showing insurer profits rising since the enhanced subsidy began.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
Bernie @sanders.senate.gov appears fascinated to learn that they consider this a problem, saying they should then cosponsor his Medicare For All bill.
NEW: Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
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Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
NEW: Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
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This Democratic offer to end the shutdown was Sen. Gary Peters’ idea, I’m told by two sources with knowledge. He shopped it to the caucus before it was rolled out.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This Democratic offer to end the shutdown was Sen. Gary Peters’ idea, I’m told by two sources with knowledge. He shopped it to the caucus before it was rolled out.