Trump backs bipartisan agreement to end government shutdown
When asked by reporters whether he endorsed the agreement, Trump responded, "I would say so."
"I think based on everything I'm hearing, they haven't changed anything, and we have support from enough Democrats, and we're going to be opening up our country. It's too bad it was closed, but we'll be opening up our country very quickly," he told journalists in the Oval Office.
According to reports, the Senate voted 60–40 late Sunday to advance the proposal to reopen the government — marking a significant step toward ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in supporting the plan, which includes provisions to later vote on restoring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and rehiring federal employees who lost their jobs during the shutdown.
However, the deal does not fulfill Democratic demands to expand ACA health care subsidies or reverse Medicaid cuts introduced in Trump’s earlier spending package.
Among Democrats, Senate Whip Dick Durbin broke ranks with party leadership to support the measure, along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen, and independent Sen. Angus King.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul was the only member of his party to oppose the legislation.
Under Senate rules, any lawmaker can slow down final passage, and Paul exercised that right on Monday to object to a clause restricting the sale of certain hemp products.
"Just to be clear: I am not delaying this bill. The timing is already fixed under Senate procedure. But there is extraneous language in this package that has nothing to do with reopening the government and would harm Kentucky’s hemp farmers and small businesses," he wrote on X.
The House of Representatives is expected to reconvene to approve the Senate’s agreement before the measure can be presented to Trump for his signature, officially ending the shutdown.
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