A deal to end the shutdown is set for its final stop on Capitol Hill later Wednesday when the House of Representatives will gather for the first time in 54 days to try to send the bill to President Trump’s desk.
The measure is widely expected to pass in the vote (and Trump has signaled his intent to sign it). But the question is timing, as lawmakers brave shutdown-induced travel delays to make their way to Washington. Also, final wrangling over details could push the climactic vote into late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
For now, the formal schedule has the House of Representatives convening at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, before proceeding to a final vote tentatively penciled in for around 7 p.m. ET.
Trump voiced his backing for the measure on Monday, making it likely that the bill could have his signature quickly once final passage is sealed.
“We’re going to be opening up our country,” he told reporters earlier this week.
Meanwhile, the economic headaches of the shutdown continue to mount, with daily flight cancelations topping 1,000 in recent days and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warning that things could take days to get back to normal even if the shutdown ends.
Trump has shown himself unhappy with air traffic controllers who took time away while going without paychecks. If they don’t return to work immediately, they “will be substantially ‘docked,” he wrote on Monday.
The bill to end the shutdown would give these air controllers back pay and keep the government open until Jan. 30 of next year. It would also fund some federal programs like the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs departments for the entire year, and put limits on Trump’s ability to fire federal workers for the next few months, among other provisions.
It’s part of an agreement that includes a promise from Senate Majority Leader John Thune to hold a separate vote on the issue of healthcare before the end of the year.
Food benefits also remain in limbo at the Supreme Court, which on Tuesday extended a pause on the $4 billion Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program. That makes it likely that millions of low-income families will need to wait for the government to reopen before they get assistance.
Here are the latest updates as the impacts of the government shutdown unfold.
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Lawmakers face one last big hurdle to end shutdown. Flying to DC
USA Today has laid out some of the creative ways that lawmakers are trying to get back to Washington to avert the shutdown, as they worry about stoppage-induced travel delays.
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Supreme Court extends the pause on SNAP benefits
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The House will consider a stock trading ban once the government reopens
A key lawmaker has announced that the House of Representatives will formally consider a stock trading ban once the government reopens, but it will be done in a way that creates uncertainty about when (or perhaps even if) lawmakers will face an up-or-down vote on the issue.
“Speaker Johnson has notified me that as soon as we return and the government is reopened, the bill to ban insider trading is going to be marked up in committee,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida recently posted.
Luna is part of a group of lawmakers pushing a measure to ban all lawmaker trading and called the move “a big win for America.”
But a committee hearing is a significantly less dramatic step than Luna was threatening months ago.
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It was these Senate Democrats who voted to reopen the government
It was seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with Democrats who ended up making the difference in getting a bill to end the shutdown through the Senate.
This group voted to reopen the government twice — first on Sunday to advance the legislation and then again for final passage on Monday evening — in return for concessions that other Democrats say aren’t enough.
Three of these lawmakers have been voting with Republicans for weeks now. They were joined over the weekend by five more Democrats when a revised bill was introduced that will keep the government open until Jan. 30 if it is eventually signed into law.
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Democrats trade election euphoria for angst over shutdown deal
A move by eight more centrist Democrats in the Senate to break ranks and secure a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown is returning the party to its factional disputes that have marked the second term of President Trump, just days after the party secured dominant electoral victories.
Bloomberg reports on the emerging divide:
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Trump tells air traffic controllers to ‘get back to work,’ threatens pay
President Trump on Monday morning weighed in on the ongoing airport delays. He said in a Truth Social Post that he was happy with the air traffic controllers who worked during the shutdown, but had harsh words for those who took time away while they were forgoing paychecks.
“For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU,” the president wrote.
The president said he would recommend a $10,000 bonus for air controllers who stayed on the job, while saying anyone who doesn’t quickly return to work immediately “will be substantially ‘docked.'”
It wasn’t immediately clear how Trump might follow through with his threats, but it was a sharp change in tone from the president’s aides, who have often offered kind words to these workers after they have now gone without paychecks for over a month.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy often noted, for example, that some controllers needed to take time off to do things like drive an Uber in order to support their families.
Trump’s message may also not address the long-term problem of a shortage of air traffic controllers, which is expected to persist long after the shutdown ends, with the president even pushing some to quit.
“If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind!” he wrote. “You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job.”
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Airlines cancel more than 2,100 flights on Sunday
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that air traffic in the US could “slow to a trickle” if the government shutdown extends into the Thanksgiving holiday travel season.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters during a visit at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 07, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) · Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images The FAA ordered a reduction in air traffic capacity effective Friday, and on Sunday the number of canceled flights surpassed 2,000, the Associated Press reported.
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Washington DC’s already battered local economy takes another hit from the shutdown
Food pantries across the country have been bracing for an uptick in patrons as the shutdown-related pause to SNAP benefits disrupts many Americans’ access to food. At the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington DC, the need ha been made even more acute ahead of the holidays by the widespread layoffs and furloughs of government employees, many of whom live in the area, the Associated Press reports:
A person walks toward the entrance of the Capital Area Food Bank, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) · ASSOCIATED PRESS
