The Senate passed a temporary funding measure on Nov. 10 that will end the longest-ever government shutdown if approved by the House.
The stalemate between Republicans and Democrats broke on Nov. 9 when eight Senate Democrats sided with Republicans to bring the agreement, forged after weeks of negotiations among a bipartisan group of senators, to a vote.
Now, after six weeks of limited government services, delayed or cancelled flights, and a delay in the distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance, the shutdown of 2025 seems nearly at an end.
Here are four takeaways from this long national experience.
1. Shutdowns Are Expensive
The shutdown delayed about $54 billion in federal spending over the last six weeks, meaning that money was kept out of the U.S. economy, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate….