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• Senate moves forward: The Senate has voted 60-40 on a key step toward reopening the government. The vote came after a critical group of eight Senate Democratic centrists reached a deal with Senate GOP leaders and the White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care subsidies .
The Senate will return today, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, but a Senate vote today on a House-backed bill to fund and reopen the government is not currently scheduled as the shutdown enters a fifth week. After the bill failed 13 times, Democrats and ...