Updated November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM EST

On the 41st day of a record-long government shutdown, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 to approve a continuing resolution to reopen the government. The measure would fund much of the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some agencies through the end of next September.

But the shutdown will not end right away. The U.S. House of Representatives must also pass the legislation, which is not guaranteed, before President Trump can sign it into law.

House leadership has told members to return to Washington for a vote as early as Wednesday afternoon.

Seven Democrats and one independent senator voted with nearly every Senate Republican to approve the stopgap funding bill after a more than monthlong impasse that resulted in missed paychec

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