The Senate late Monday voted 60-40 to open the government with a spending package that would fund the government until Jan. 30 sans the extension of health care subsidies Democrats were fighting for.
As early as 4 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, the House will vote on the same spending package, according to a notice by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.).
Along with 52 Republicans, sans Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) who voted against the bill, the Democrats that flipped their votes in the Senate to yes are Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.). Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine) and Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and John Fetterman (Penn.) have been voting to open the government since the government first shut down.
The lapse in government funding since Oct. 1 has affected agencies like the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous National Nuclear Security Administration, which was forced to furlough 80% of its workforce early on in October aside from a few essential workers in charge of maintaining the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile.