Senate Approves Government Shutdown End Deal

U.S. Senate Approves Government Shutdown Deal: North Carolina Politicians ReactThe U.S. Senate approved a deal to end the government shutdown on November tenth, with eight Democrats joining all Republicans in supporting the measure. The agreement aims to restart payments for federal employees, prevent flight cancellations, and continue funding the food stamp program until at least next September. The deal now moves to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration, where it will likely need almost unanimous Republican support or a few Democrats willing to cross party lines. North Carolina politicians have already weighed in, with Republican U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx indicating she would follow House Speaker Mike Johnsons lead, while Democratic U.S. Representative Deborah Ross expressed strong opposition, calling the Senate bill a bad deal for North Carolina. Both of North Carolinas U.S. Senators, Republicans Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, voted in favor of the deal, but former Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, stated he would have opposed it. The Senate vote passed sixty to forty, just enough to overcome a filibuster. The situation remains fluid as the House prepares to take up the measure, with a vote potentially happening as soon as this week. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.