Senate passes stopgap; Democrats erupt

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@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Democrats Denounce Shutdown Vote, and Trump Issues Flurry of Pardons www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/p...

Democrats Denounce Shutdown Vote, and Trump Issues Flurry of Pardons

www.nytimes.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM

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Gabe Ortíz

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“Cue the rebellion.

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing,” writes @paulwaldman.bsky.social: www.publicnotice.co/p/shutdown-d...

Cue the rebellion

The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.

www.publicnotice.co

November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Gerald Friedman

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The eight senators who voted with the Republicans appear to have lost any hope Trump would negotiate and, in that absence, decided they had to relieve the pain of the shutdown.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

November 10, 2025

Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.

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November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Handelsblatt

US shutdown: Interim budget passes the Senate

Despite a lack of concessions from Republicans, dissenters among Democratic senators voted to fund the government again. The House could also approve as early as Wednesday. Trump's approval seems secure.

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown
Sen. Tim Kaine wanted a “moratorium on mischief” from the Trump administration. He didn't get it until Sunday night.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown

Sen. Tim Kaine wanted a “moratorium on mischief” from the Trump administration. He didn't get it until Sunday night.

www.politico.com

November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

EA on DW News: An End to US #GovernmentShutdown?

#Democrats #Trump

eaworldview.com/2025/11/end-...

EA on DW News: An End to US Government Shutdown? - EA WorldView

Evaluate possibility of end to record-setting US shutdown: why 8 Democrats joined Senate Republicans and what happens next amid the damage

eaworldview.com

November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Der Spiegel

Shutdown dispute in the USA: Donald Trump can count on this opposition

In the shutdown dispute, seven Democratic senators briefly switch sides. Donald Trump and the Republicans celebrate, while the Democrats appear divided and poorly led once again.

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

The shutdown endgame is here www.politico.com/live-updates...

The shutdown endgame is here

It's possible the Senate passes the deal Monday. The House GOP leadership circle expects to pass it once Trump leans on Republicans.

www.politico.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Trump says he supports bipartisan Senate deal to end government shutdown www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-...

Trump says he supports bipartisan Senate deal to end government shutdown

During an event in the Oval Office, President Trump said he supported the bipartisan deal in the Senate that could bring an end to the government shutdown.

www.nbcnews.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings www.axios.com/2025/11/10/g...

Senate deal would reverse shutdown firings

It includes backpay for furloughed workers, and stymies the effort to slash the federal workforce.

www.axios.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Senate votes to reopen government www.nbcnews.com/now/video/se...

Senate votes to reopen government

The Senate passed legislation to reopen the government and end the record-long shutdown after eight Democrats broke with their party and joined Republicans. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz and Melanie Zanona ...

www.nbcnews.com

November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM

Le Figaro

Qui sont les huit sénateurs démocrates qui ont voté la fin du «shutdown» avec les républicains ?

Huit sénateurs démocrates ont rompu avec le parti pour voter avec les républicains et faire avancer une loi visant à mettre fin à la paralysie du gouvernement.

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Richard Catalano

@fabiancat.bsky.social

"My assessment is this: Schumer made the decision to end this shutdown at least two weeks ago. He only went along with it to begin with because he was afraid not to. Then he decided to wait until after the elections last Tues.."
@schumer.senate.gov step down now!

open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 247. 11/10/25

… The govt shutdown is coming to a close as soon as Mike Johnson can track down his members who are on their extended three-month vacations in various places.

open.substack.com

November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Budget battle in the United States: 'This is a capitulation'

With eight aides from the opposition, the Republicans in the Senate push the budget through. That should soon end the shutdown, Trump said, and it is fueling a dispute among the Democrats.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Live blog USA under Trump: US Senate passes interim budget - shutdown end in sight

Live ticker on the 2024 US election: Current news and information about the primaries and the presidential election in the United States - read now in FAZ's live ticker.

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Handelsblatt

Haushaltsstreit: Shutdown-Machtpoker: Sind die US-Demokraten die Verlierer?

Das wochenlange Kräftemessen zwischen Republikanern und Demokraten hat wohl bald erstmal ein Ende. Trumps Partei verbucht die Einigung als Sieg für sich. Doch so einfach ist es nicht.

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Senate passes package to end record government shutdown
www.axios.com/2025/11/11/s...

Senate passes package to end record government shutdown

After 40 days, eight Senate Democrats broke with their party.

www.axios.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM

Handelsblatt

Shutdown-Ende wahrscheinlicher: US-Senat beschließt Haushalt

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Jonathan Cohn

@jonathancohn.bsky.social

The shutdown deal includes a ban on hemp products that none of its negotiators debated in public.

Disappointing that only 24 senators voted against killing an amendment to strike that ban.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...

NAYs ---24
Baldwin (D-WI)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blumenthal (D-CT)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cruz (R-TX)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Ossoff (D-GA)
Paul (R-KY)
Peters (D-MI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schatz (D-HI)
Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (D-MN)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Welch (D-VT)
Wyden (D-OR)

November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM

by Scott Lucas

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

How Senate advanced plan to end closure, w 8 Democrats joining all but 1 of 53 Republicans

No guarantee of extension of tax credits for #ObamaCare

Political dynamics for both Trumpists and #Democrats

#Trump

Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 21h

EA on DW News: An End to US #GovernmentShutdown?

#Democrats #Trump

eaworldview.com/2025/11/end-...

EA on DW News: An End to US Government Shutdown? - EA WorldView

Evaluate possibility of end to record-setting US shutdown: why 8 Democrats joined Senate Republicans and what happens next amid the damage

eaworldview.com

November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM

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Senate passes stopgap; Democrats erupt

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US shutdown: Interim budget passes the Senate

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Shutdown dispute in the USA: Donald Trump can count on this opposition

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Qui sont les huit sénateurs démocrates qui ont voté la fin du «shutdown» avec les républicains ?

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Budget battle in the United States: 'This is a capitulation'

Live blog USA under Trump: US Senate passes interim budget - shutdown end in sight

Haushaltsstreit: Shutdown-Machtpoker: Sind die US-Demokraten die Verlierer?

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Shutdown-Ende wahrscheinlicher: US-Senat beschließt Haushalt

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