Posted on 11/09/2025 4:34:50 PM PST by Whatever Works
The historic 40-day government shutdown could soon be a thing of the past with Democrats finally joining Republican rivals to strike a temporary deal to end the chaos.
Lawmakers were locked in tense negotiations during a rare Sunday session in an effort to find a solution to the shutdown, which has left 42 million Americans with no access to their SNAP benefits, forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights and left more than a million federal workers without an income.
But now there is light at the end of the tunnel after insiders confirmed to CNN and Axios Republicans had secured enough Democrat votes to introduce a stopgap measure which would allow government funding to resume until late January
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What on earth did the GOP agree to? Was it bankrolling Obamacare again or something else? Or was it that the left wanted to cause enough pain to make people vote democrat during election and that’s it?
“”What on earth did the GOP agree to? “
Nothing that they were already planning to do.
Nancy retires and they are not afraid ? LOL
“Was it bankrolling Obamacare again”
Nope. They only did a handshake deal to debate it in December.
Nothing that they were NOT already planning to do.
Dems caved.
Yep.
A GOP with balls??? Teump affect.
“The historic 40-day government shutdown could soon be a thing of the past …
which would allow government funding to resume until late January”
A few months. LOL
A group of moderate Democrats has a tentative deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies by December, a potential breakthrough as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.
The group of three former governors — New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — has a deal to pass three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government funding until late January, according to three people familiar with the agreement who requested anonymity until the deal is made public.
The deal was far from final. It was unclear whether Republicans had signed off or if there would be enough Democrats to support it absent their central demand through the now 40-day shutdown — an extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits that expire Jan. 1. Senate Democrats were meeting Sunday evening to discuss the agreement.
That’s what I understand as well. Basically, a handshake agreement to do some Obama care vote in a month or so and fund at the levels, the Republicans had proposed until end of January
AMEN to that.
Biden had none. Trump has enough for TWO Bidens (or more).
Kick the can down the road for 2 months to “save the holidays”.
Humbug!
Let’s have that debate. President Trump has a great plan
A "handshake" with a democRAT/ DemoKKKrat is worth about as much as the piece of paper Chamberlain had with the signature from Adolf Hitler.
Yes, disgusting. How about my plan for funding the government. Operate it like a church. Pass a hat around and ask Americans to chip in to fund the government. No Federal personal income taxes. No welfare or SNAP benefits. Those who can't chip in are on their own, and have to seek work. Illegals who don't contribute get arrested and deported. People who try to send money to relatives outside the country get taxed 50 percent on the funds. No federal handouts to states except for disaster relief, states are on their own. Could work better than the disgusting way the country is run now.
a deal to pass three annual spending bills and extend the rest of government funding until late January,
Annual Deals?
Absolutely true but it’s the rats trusting the GOP in this deal, not the other way around
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