What's in the deal to end the government shutdown?
- - What's in the deal to end the government shutdown?
Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans on food assistance breathed a sigh of relief Sunday after lawmakers reached a tentative deal that could protect their benefits through next year.
The bipartisan agreement struck by moderate lawmakers on Nov. 9 is now on track for full approval this week in Congress. Once it clears all its procedural hurdles, it could end a monthlong stalemate that has left countless people unable to travel, pay their rent or leave their kids at preschool.
As part of the agreement, more money will start pumping into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, through next September. Congress will also again begin funding many other domestic agencies and programs, including for veterans' benefits and military construction.
says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
" style=padding-bottom:56%>People visit the Smithsonian National Zoo as the US government is shut down for the second day on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed October 1, 2025 as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving an acrimonious funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Smithsonian institutions receive federal funding and shut down during a federal government. The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
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People visit the Smithsonian National Zoo as the US government is shut down for the second day on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed October 1, 2025 as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving an acrimonious funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Smithsonian institutions receive federal funding and shut down during a federal government. The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
">People visit the Smithsonian National Zoo as the US government is shut down for the second day on October 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Efforts to swiftly end the US government shutdown collapsed October 1, 2025 as Democrats in Congress went home without resolving an acrimonious funding stand-off with President Donald Trump and the White House threatened public sector jobs. Smithsonian institutions receive federal funding and shut down during a federal government. The Smithsonian, a federal government entity, says on its website that it will use money from the last fiscal year’s budget to stay open at least through Monday, Oct. 6.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/KupOsmziZybLO6wKJI9Pfw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/ed2d9d81779f0650ffe5d3965b4c7974 class=caas-img>A would-be visitor looks into the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum which is closed, on the first day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, in Boston, Mass. on Oct.1, 2025.
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People wait in line to enter the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2025, where services are experiencing significant disruptions due to the federal government shutdown, as essential workers continue working without pay and non-essential federal workers are furloughed.
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People wait in line to enter the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2025, where services are experiencing significant disruptions due to the federal government shutdown, as essential workers continue working without pay and non-essential federal workers are furloughed.
">People wait in line to enter the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California on October 1, 2025, where services are experiencing significant disruptions due to the federal government shutdown, as essential workers continue working without pay and non-essential federal workers are furloughed.
" src=https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/TlKxltNR5uq3ezWJ2aLDSw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD03NTk-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_slideshows_242/7d90ab49deeb40d61194ef5bf30a475a class=caas-img>The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.
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The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.
">The United States Park Service place a notice on the visitors entry door notifying of the closing of the Washington Monument to visitors on the first day of the federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025.
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A man walks across the otherwise empty U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, closed to the public on the first day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 1, 2025.
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1 / 41See the impact of the government shutdown as agencies shutter or fight to stay openTravelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on November 7 2025. Hundreds of flights were canceled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers who are working without pay amid congressional paralysis on funding the US budget. Forty airports were due to slow down, including the giant hubs in Atlanta, Newark, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.
For much of the government, funding would only continue through Jan. 30 (until Congress passes more spending bills).
In addition, the agreement would reverse recent layoffs of thousands of federal workers, while barring any further firings until Jan. 30. Those terminations have been temporarily barred by a federal court.
People carry bags of groceries during a free food distribution for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) organized by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and The Jewish Federation at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, on November 9, 2025. The US Supreme Court said on November 7 that the Trump administration does not have to immediately pay SNAP food benefits defunded during the government shutdown, a temporary order that leaves millions in limbo.
But on Democrats' main ask, the accord fell short for many progressives. It includes a commitment to vote on potentially extending expiring Obamacare subsidies. The tax credits, which millions of Americans rely on for help paying premiums, have been the issue at the center of the shutdown fight.
Read more: Democrats want health care tax credits to end the shutdown. Why the GOP says not yet.
That vote will likely take place in the second week of December. It's unclear whether it will pass, though, especially since President Donald Trump has opposed the subsidies.
Zachary Schermele is a congressional reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach him by email at [email protected]. Follow him on X at @ZachSchermele and Bluesky at @zachschermele.bsky.social
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