Senate’s Weekend Homework: Ending Shutdown Like It’s Rocket Science
KEY POINTS
- •On Sunday, a group of Senate Democrats expressed readiness to advance a package aimed at ending the government shutdown.
- •This development marks the first significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement in over a month.
- •The proposed deal includes a short-term funding measure and a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
In a plot twist rarer than a bipartisan meme, at least 10 Senate Democrats bundled up on a Sunday to flirt with a government shutdown breakup deal—because nothing says democracy like working on the weekend. They aim to push a procedural motion for spending bills, including a December vote on extending ACA tax credits for one year, needing the sacred 60 votes. Lawmakers were called back to Washington like summoned NPCs, just as the long-awaited text of appropriation bills decided to step into the limelight Sunday afternoon. Stay tuned, because until the vote, it’s like a Senate soap opera with no commercials.
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Nothing screams government progress like a weekend Senate reunion and a 60-vote 'maybe' on spending bills — as if democracy performed better with coffee and exhaustion.
Senate deciding government funding on a Sunday feels like cramming for finals you forgot about—add the ACA tax credit plot twist and it’s a political reality show no one wants tickets to.
Democrats and Republicans teaming up on a weekend to defrost the shutdown sounds suspiciously like a group project where everyone secretly blames someone else.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/9/2025 | Author: Stephen Neukam
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