{"id":171478,"date":"2025-11-11T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-approves-deal-to-end-shutdown-with-democrats-riven-by-splits-us-politics-live-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:53:07","slug":"senate-approves-deal-to-end-shutdown-with-democrats-riven-by-splits-us-politics-live-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-approves-deal-to-end-shutdown-with-democrats-riven-by-splits-us-politics-live-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate approves deal to end shutdown with Democrats riven by splits \u2013 US politics live – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deal will now head to the House but many in the Democrats are enraged with colleagues who supported the measure, and with minority leader Chuck Schumer
Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics<\/a>. The US Senate has passed a critical funding bill that could end the longest government shutdown in American history within days.
The breakthrough came after Senate Democrats broke with their party to strike a deal with Republicans, in a move that has enraged<\/a> many in their caucus.
Some Democrats are now calling for the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer<\/strong> to resign, even though he voted against<\/a> the deal, as many in the party are furious that the agreement does not include any extensions on healthcare subsidies.
California Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong> \u2013 considered a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination \u2013 was among those who criticized the deal, saying on Monday he had \u201cdeep disappointment, deep concern about my party right now\u201d.
\u201cSenator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,\u201d said congressman Ro Khanna<\/strong>, who represents the Silicon Valley region of California. \u201cIf you can\u2019t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?\u201d
The bill passed in a 60-40<\/strong> vote on Monday evening, on day 41<\/strong> of the shutdown, with nearly all Republicans (bar Kentucky\u2019s Rand Paul<\/strong>) joining eight Democrats who splintered from the party to approve a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies until the end of January.
Republicans \u2013 who hold a 53-47<\/strong> majority in the Senate \u2013 needed the deal to get over the 60-vote minimum threshold.
The US president, Donald Trump<\/strong>, has expressed support for the deal, and Speaker Mike Johnson<\/strong> has urged members of the House \u2013 which has been on an extended recess since the shutdown began \u2013 to return in preparation for a vote and a swift delivery to the president\u2019s desk.
The shutdown has had devastating impacts on a variety of services, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, millions at risk of losing food assistance and many other Americans facing travel disruption amid flight delays and cancellations.
Stay with us as we bring you the latest political developments.
As the supreme court deliberates on the fate of Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs \u2013 which he maintains are a matter of \u201cnational security\u201d as justices appeared skeptical during oral arguments on the case last week \u2013\u00a0the president said that the US would be forced to hand \u201cin excess of three trillion dollars\u201d if the levies are scrapped, in a late night post on Truth Social.
He added:
<\/path><\/svg>It would not be possible to ever make up for that kind of a \u2018drubbing.\u2019 That would truly become an insurmountable National Security Event, and devastating to the future of our Country \u2013 Possibly non-sustainable!
However, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center<\/a>, the total revenue of Trump\u2019s tariffs is around $227bn, as of now.
The president is in Washington today, and will attend a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day. He\u2019s set to deliver remarks at 11am ET while he\u2019s there, so we\u2019ll bring you the latest as that happens.
According to the White House schedule, Trump doesn\u2019t have any further engagements.
Gabrielle Canon is climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent for Guardian US<\/em>
Donald Trump chastised overwhelmed air traffic controllers, cast blame and doubt in response to poor economic indicators and claimed that increased access to food stamps had put \u201cthe country in jeopardy\u201d, in an exclusive interview on Fox News Monday evening.
Speaking with Laura Ingraham, the president shared his thoughts on a wide range of topics from housing mortgages to foreign policy, interspersed with insults flung at his political opponents that were teed up by Ingraham\u2019s questions, including Gavin Newsom, the California governor and Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader.
During the conversation, which aired as the Senate voted to end the longest government shutdown in US history, the president also discussed his vision for addressing the healthcare subsidies that have been at the heart of the funding impasse.
Democrats have been pushing for an extension to the tax credits that make Affordable Care Act healthcare premiums more affordable for millions of Americans, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Republicans have condemned the credits, saying they only enrich insurers.
\u201cI want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance,\u201d he told Ingraham, suggesting the strategy could be called \u201cTrump Care\u201d. \u201cThey\u2019re gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They\u2019re actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance.\u201d
You can read more here:
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn (\u00a3760m) after accusations that the corporation was failing in its duty of impartiality over the editing of the US president\u2019s speech on 6 January 2021 for a Panorama programme.
Lawyers for the US president said that the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for \u201cno less\u201d than $1bn, according to reports. The BBC has confirmed it had received a letter and said it will respond in due course.
You can read all of the latest in our UK politics blog<\/a>.
Donald Trump<\/a> asked the US supreme court on Monday to throw out a jury\u2019s finding in a civil lawsuit that he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll<\/a> at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
Trump\u2019s lawyers argued in a lengthy filing with the high court that allegations leading to the $5m verdict were \u201cpropped up\u201d by a \u201cseries of indefensible evidentiary rulings\u201d that allowed Carroll\u2019s lawyers to present \u201chighly inflammatory propensity evidence\u201d against him.
Carroll, a longtime advice columnist and former TV talk show host, testified at a 2023 trial that Trump turned a friendly encounter in spring 1996 into a violent attack in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a luxury retailer across the street from Trump Tower.
The jury also found Trump liable for defaming Carroll when he made comments in October 2022 denying her allegation.
Trump\u2019s lawyers, led by Justin D Smith, a St Louis, Missouri-based attorney, called Carroll\u2019s claims a \u201cpolitically motivated hoax\u201d.
They accused the trial judge, Lewis A Kaplan, of warping federal evidence rules to bolster Carroll\u2019s \u201cimplausible, unsubstantiated assertions\u201d. They said by upholding the verdict, the second US circuit court of appeals was in conflict with other federal appeals courts on how such rules should be applied.
You can read the full story here:
The funding legislation extends government funding at current levels through January 2026 along with three year-long provisions that will fund programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the USDA and FDA, and legislative branch operations.
The continuing resolution also includes language to stop mass federal firings and reverse dismissals that occurred during the shutdown \u2013 prohibiting additional reductions until the end of January \u2013 and guarantees back pay to workers who have spent weeks without paychecks.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said he would abide by the terms of the deal, including provisions reinstating federal workers who had received reductions-in-force notice.
\u201cWe\u2019re going to be opening up our country very quickly,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe deal is very good.\u201d
Democrats have been fighting for the permanent extension of subsidies that support Americans relying on the Affordable Care Act, which are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. Without an extension of the tax credits, millions of Americans could see sharp rises<\/a> in their healthcare premiums or lose their marketplace coverage entirely.
You can read the full story by my colleagues, Gabrielle Canon<\/a> <\/em>and Lauren Gambino<\/a>, <\/strong>here:
CNN has interviewed Ruben Gallego<\/strong>, a Democratic senator from Arizona, and asked for his reaction to the defections.
\u201cI believe and hope that those eight senators are going to do everything they can, whatever they were able to get, in terms of leverage, in terms of favor from these Republicans, that they\u2019re gonna be able to deliver that (better health care deal)\u201d he said.
Senate Democrats had resisted<\/a> efforts<\/a> to reopen the government, aiming to pressure Republicans into agreeing to extend subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans<\/strong>, which have made private health insurance less costly for millions of Americans. They are set to expire at the end of the year.
The mounting effects of the shutdown \u2013 which has sidelined federal workers<\/a> and affected food aid<\/a>, parks<\/a> and travel<\/a> \u2013 as well as individual political considerations from Democratic senators seem to have pushed the chamber toward an agreement.
The House of Representatives will need to pass the bill before Donald Trump<\/a> is able to sign it into effect.
You can find out how every senator voted in the funding bill here:
As we mentioned in the opening post<\/a>, eight senators in the Democratic caucus worked with Republicans to craft the deal to reopen the US government.
They were Senators Jeanne Shaheen<\/strong> and Maggie Hassan<\/strong> of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine<\/strong> of Virginia, Dick Durbin<\/strong> of Illinois, Catherine Cortez Masto<\/strong> and Jacky Rosen<\/strong> of Nevada, John Fetterman<\/strong> of Pennsylvania, and independent Angus King<\/strong> of Maine who caucuses with the Democrats.
You can read about why these Democrats broke rank in this story<\/a> about the defections by my colleague Joseph Gedeon<\/a>.
Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of US politics<\/a>. The US Senate has passed a critical funding bill that could end the longest government shutdown in American history within days.
The breakthrough came after Senate Democrats broke with their party to strike a deal with Republicans, in a move that has enraged<\/a> many in their caucus.
Some Democrats are now calling for the Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer<\/strong> to resign, even though he voted against<\/a> the deal, as many in the party are furious that the agreement does not include any extensions on healthcare subsidies.
California Governor Gavin Newsom<\/strong> \u2013 considered a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination \u2013 was among those who criticized the deal, saying on Monday he had \u201cdeep disappointment, deep concern about my party right now\u201d.
\u201cSenator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,\u201d said congressman Ro Khanna<\/strong>, who represents the Silicon Valley region of California. \u201cIf you can\u2019t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?\u201d
The bill passed in a 60-40<\/strong> vote on Monday evening, on day 41<\/strong> of the shutdown, with nearly all Republicans (bar Kentucky\u2019s Rand Paul<\/strong>) joining eight Democrats who splintered from the party to approve a compromise deal that would fund most federal agencies until the end of January.
Republicans \u2013 who hold a 53-47<\/strong> majority in the Senate \u2013 needed the deal to get over the 60-vote minimum threshold.
The US president, Donald Trump<\/strong>, has expressed support for the deal, and Speaker Mike Johnson<\/strong> has urged members of the House \u2013 which has been on an extended recess since the shutdown began \u2013 to return in preparation for a vote and a swift delivery to the president\u2019s desk.
The shutdown has had devastating impacts on a variety of services, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, millions at risk of losing food assistance and many other Americans facing travel disruption amid flight delays and cancellations.
Stay with us as we bring you the latest political developments.<\/p>\n

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