Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) speaks during a press conference on the 41st day of the federal government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 10, 2025.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday called on members of Congress to begin traveling to Washington, D.C., so that they can vote as soon as possible on the Senate agreement that would end the longest U.S. government shutdown in history.
Johnson, R-Louisiana, spoke to reporters a day after the Senate narrowly approved the first phase of a deal to reopen government offices for the first time since Oct. 1.
To end the government shutdown, the House must pass the deal, followed by a vote by the Senate. President Donald Trump must then sign it.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson told reporters he expected a vote in the House of Commons this week, but did not give a specific date.
He said formal notice would be given 36 hours before the House vote.
“We’re going to have long days and long nights here for some time to make up for the lost time that’s been imposed on us,” Johnson said.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has kept the House of Commons prorogued until mid-November after passing a continuing resolution to fund the government in September.
The Senate deal passed over the weekend with the support of seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with Democrats, which, along with 52 Republican senators, was enough to reach the 60-vote threshold for passage.
The deal does not include an extension of expanded Affordable Care Act tax credits that are set to expire at the end of December, a key demand from Democrats.
But the deal includes a guarantee that, for the first time since the shutdown began, Republicans will vote in December on a bill chosen by Democrats to extend subsidies that more than 20 million Americans rely on to reduce the cost of health insurance plans purchased on the ACA marketplaces.
The Senate agreement will provide funding to the government until the end of January. Reversing all federal employee layoffs related to the government shutdown. Ensures that all federal employees are paid their regular paychecks during the government shutdown. It also includes provisions for a bipartisan budget process and to prevent the White House from using continuing resolutions to fund the government.
It will also fund the SNAP program, which feeds 42 million Americans through food stamps through September.
The deal does not extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits beyond the end of December. Senate Democrats have been pushing for weeks for any funding resolution to include an extension of ACA subsidies that would reduce health insurance premiums for 20 million Americans.
But under the agreement, Senate Democrats would be allowed to bring to a vote their own bills to extend the tax credits.
Under a federal law passed in 2019, public employees who are furloughed during a government shutdown must be paid for the time they were furloughed at their standard salary “on the earliest possible date, regardless of their scheduled payday.”
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