7m ago
Thune hopes for final passage in “hours, and not days”
Majority Leader John Thune said on the Senate floor that he is asking senators to help speed up the process of final passage on the legislation that would end the shutdown.
“I’m glad to be able to say that eight Democrats joined Republicans last night to take the first step to reopen the government. In the very near future, we will be voting on a final package — a clean continuing resolution until Jan. 30 and three bipartisan, full-year appropriations bills,” he said.
He added that he hopes “the very near future” means “hours, and not days.”
“I ask all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, of both parties, to make it possible for us to quickly pass this bill,” Thune said.
The deal still needs to clear several procedural hurdles to incorporate all elements of the agreement, namely the substitution of the current text with the new continuing resolution and the three year-long funding bills. That process could take days if a single senator chooses to slow-walk final passage, but the chamber could act quickly if there is consensus on moving forward.
50m ago
Senate convenes to take up motion to proceed to funding bill
The Senate convened at 11 a.m. to consider the motion to proceed to the House-passed continuing resolution.
No votes are currently scheduled, but Majority Whip John Barrasso’s office said “roll call votes are expected during Monday’s session of the Senate.”
10:45 AM
Trump: “All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!”
Writing on Truth Social, President Trump said air traffic controllers must return to work and that those who have continued to report could receive a bonus.
“All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!! Anyone who doesn’t will be substantially ‘docked,'” he wrote. “For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn’t take ANY TIME OFF for the ‘Democrat Shutdown Hoax,’ I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.”
Flight disruptions have continued, largely due to staffing shortages, despite the Senate deal. As of early Monday, more than 1,500 flight cancellations were reported and over 1,400 flights were delayed, according to FlightAware.
Mr. Trump wrote that controllers who stopped showing up for work during the shutdown “will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record.”
“If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind!” he said.
10:19 AM
Johnson says House members should begin returning to D.C. “right now”
House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2025.
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Johnson noted that air travel remains snarled due to flight reductions over staffing levels, and urged his colleagues in the House to begin returning to Washington in anticipation of a vote this week on a final deal.
“I’m stating the obvious to all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats in the House: You need to begin right now returning to the Hill. We need to do this as quickly as possible,” the speaker said.
“We look forward to the government reopening this week, so Congress can get back to our regular legislative session. We have a lot of business to do, as you all know, and we will be working in earnest,” he added. “There will be long days and long nights here in the foreseeable future to make up for all this lost time that was imposed upon us.”
The speaker ended his remarks without taking questions.
10:10 AM
Johnson: “Our long national nightmare is finally coming to an end”
At his daily shutdown press conference at the Capitol, Johnson welcomed the Senate’s action, and said the end of the funding lapse is in sight.
“It’s after 40 days of wandering in the wilderness and making the American people suffer needlessly, some Senate Democrats finally have stepped forward to end the pain. It appears to us this morning that our long national nightmare is finally coming to an end, and we’re grateful for that,” Johnson said.
He added: “At least some Democrats now finally appear ready to do what Republicans and President Trump and millions of hardworking American people have been asking them to do for weeks. As we said from the beginning, the people’s government cannot be held hostage to further anyone’s political agenda.”
9:21 AM
“We stood up to President Trump for 40 days,” Shaheen says
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, one of the Democrats who voted to advance the measure on Sunday night, told “CBS Mornings” that “keeping the government shut down for another week or another month doesn’t indicate that there would be any change in the outcome.” Shaheen was one of the main Democratic negotiators in the talks that produced the deal.
“We stood up to President Trump for 40 days, and let’s remember why we’re in this position: It’s because President Trump and Republicans in the Senate and House refused to fund health care to keep costs affordable,” Shaheen said.
Shaheen cited the federal employees who have been going without paychecks, as well as SNAP recipients whose benefits had been in question, as reasons for her support of the proposal.
While the eight Democrats who voted for the deal have been criticized by others in their party — as has Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for allowing it happen — Shaheen insisted that those critical should instead be focused on Mr. Trump and Republicans.
“The fact is, what this agreement is going to do is it’s going to force Speaker Johnson to bring the House back in. He’s been out since the beginning of September,” Shaheen said.
Updated 9:01 AM
Here are the 8 Democrats who voted to move forward on the funding bill
The final vote on advancing the House-passed continuing resolution was 60 to 40.
Eight Democrats joined all but one Republican to move forward on the bill:
Catherine Cortez Masto of NevadaDick Durbin of IllinoisJohn Fetterman of PennsylvaniaMaggie Hassan of New HampshireTim Kaine of VirginiaAngus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with DemocratsJacky Rosen of NevadaJeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was the sole Republican to vote against advancing the measure.
Updated 9:01 AM
House leaders tell members to be prepared to vote this week
House members were notified late Sunday that votes related to government funding are expected in the lower chamber this week, pending final passage of the funding measure in the Senate.
The whip notice said members will be given 36 hours’ notice of a vote.
The House last voted on Sept. 19.
9:01 AM
Senate advances funding bill in breakthrough toward ending shutdown
The Senate voted to advance a House-passed measure to fund the government late Sunday evening, marking a key breakthrough in the stalemate and paving the way to reopen the government later this week.
In a 60 to 40 vote, eight Democrats joined Republicans to advance the House-passed measure, which had fallen short on 14 previous votes.
Senate GOP leaders are expected to move to amend the legislation to attach a package of full-year appropriations bills as part of a deal to end the shutdown, along with an extension of the temporary funding measure to keep the government funded through January.
The vote marks the start of what could be a lengthy series of procedural votes in the Senate, since any one senator can slow the process down. Once through the Senate, the House would also have to approve the legislation before it could receive the president’s signature.