Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., a Democrat who has been voting to open the government, leaves the chamber as the Senate works to bring the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to an end after a bipartisan compromise, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after final Senate passage of the stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Volunteers load groceries into carts for families arriving to pick up online orders at The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
A flight cancelation is displayed on an information board in the terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., a Democrat who has been voting to open the government, leaves the chamber as the Senate works to bring the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to an end after a bipartisan compromise, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after final Senate passage of the stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through Jan. 30, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Volunteers load groceries into carts for families arriving to pick up online orders at The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)
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A flight cancelation is displayed on an information board in the terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Legislation to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in history awaits action in the House after a small group of Senate Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans despite searing criticism from within their party.
The 41-day shutdown could last a few more days as members of the House, kept on recess since mid-September, return to Washington to vote on . President Donald Trump has signaled support for the bill, saying Monday that “we’re going to be opening up our country very quickly.â€
The final Senate vote, 60-40, broke a grueling stalemate that lasted more than six weeks as Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them to extend health care tax credits that expire Jan. 1. The Republicans never did, and just enough moderate Democrats eventually switched their votes as federal food aid was delayed, airport delays worsened and hundreds of thousands of federal workers continued to go unpaid.
Meanwhile, Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to that he owes $5 million after sexually abusing and later defaming .
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Shutdown damages an already-struggling economy, from lost paychecks to canceled flights
The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy.
About 1.25 million federal workers haven’t been paid since Oct. 1. Thousands of flights have been canceled, a trend that is expected to even as Congress moves toward reopening the government. Government contract awards have slowed and some food aid recipients have seen their .
Most of the lost economic activity will be recovered when the government reopens, as federal workers will receive back pay. But some canceled flights won’t be retaken, missed restaurant meals won’t be made up, and some postponed purchases will end up not happening at all.
The Congressional Budget Office that a six-week shutdown will reduce growth in this year’s fourth quarter by about 1.5 percentage points. That would cut growth by half from the third quarter. The reopening should boost first-quarter growth next year by 2.2 percentage points, the CBO projected, but about $11 billion in economic activity will be permanently lost.
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Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House
The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the closer to an end as a ratified a deal with Republicans despite searing criticism from within their party.
The 41-day shutdown could last a few more days as members of the House, which has been on recess since mid-September, return to Washington to vote on . President Donald Trump has signaled support for the bill, saying Monday that “we’re going to be opening up our country very quickly.â€
The final Senate vote, 60-40, broke a grueling stalemate that lasted more than six weeks as Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them to extend health care tax credits that expire Jan. 1. The Republicans never did, and five moderate Democrats eventually switched their votes as federal food aid was delayed, airport delays worsened and hundreds of thousands of federal workers continued to go unpaid.
House Speaker Mike Johnson urged lawmakers to start returning to Washington “right now†given shutdown-related travel delays, but an official notice issued after the Senate vote said the earliest the House will vote is Wednesday afternoon.
