As long as were are on the shutdown meme it appears there maybe a break in the stalemate on finding an answer to the country’s longest shutdown….
The Senate voted to break the shutdown stalemate Sunday, paving the way for the government to reopen as soon as later this week.
The 60-40 vote to take the first step toward ending the shutdown came hours after enough Democrats agreed to support a package that would fund multiple agencies and programs for the full fiscal year, and all others until Jan. 30, 2026.
In exchange, Democrats have a commitment from the Trump administration to rehire government workers fired at the start of the funding lapse, and the promise of a Senate floor vote in December on legislation to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits.
The vote will pave the way for consideration later this week of a legislative package that would fund the Department of Agriculture and the FDA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects, and the operations of Congress for all of current fiscal year — the product of months of bipartisan, bicameral negotiations between top appropriators.
All other agencies would be funded through Jan. 30, according to the text of a continuing resolution released Sunday. The agreement still needs to pass the House before the government can be reopened.
I knew the Dems would cave eventually and as usual they do not disappoint.
Cool!
Is this a good sign or just a momentary lapse trying to make the people feel more like there could be an end to this misery?
Any comments in waiting?
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I suspected the deal would take place to let the Thanksgiving holiday go ahead as planned.
Best wishes, Pete.
It is a cop out and I will be covering that later today. chuq
Pete I found some more signs that you maybe could use…..https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/funny-signs-reddit-november-7-2025 chuq
Thanks, I can use some of those.
Glad I can help out. chuq
Yesterday I had 1000 views….now that was too good to be true….how was your viewing day? chuq
960. But almost 700 were from China, so I am guessing ‘content scraping again.
Same here…..chuq
Yep! Pretty predictable.
I read on FB that because they’ll be back in session, they will have to vote on the Epstein files since the person (can’t remember her name) will be sworn in.
This Epstein thing has gone about far enough in my opinion. chuq
Look, the Democrats had no leverage: they simply couldn’t get people behind their effort to save the health tax credits: so now, we will see the terrible financial impact that people will experience, and the Republicans will own that…either way, they fight and we all lose
It has been that way for a very long time. chuq