From ABC News: The Senate on Monday passed a measure that will fund the government through Jan. 30 and fund some agencies like the Department of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The bill narrowly passed by a 60-40 vote. It needed three-fifths of the Senate to pass.
The bill now goes to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday a vote could come as early as Wednesday. If passes there, it would go to President Donald Trump for his signature and end the government shutdown, now in its 41st day.
U.S. Senate votes to end government shutdown, 60-40.
Goes now to the U.S. House of Representatives. pic.twitter.com/r8NsgB7Fqi
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 11, 2025
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) had proposed an amendment to strip a provision slipped into the package that would prevent the sale of hemp-based products, such as CBD.
Unfortunately, Paul’s amendment was blocked.
Sen. Paul was accused of wanting to vote on hemp instead of re-open the government. He fired back with the following rebuttal:
To say I “wanted to vote on hemp instead of open the government” is a complete falsehood. Other lawmakers, in both chambers, made this about something other than opening the government, not I.
They carried out this shady maneuver that made opening the government contingent on wiping out an entire industry! I was standing up for our already-vulnerable farmers, simply asking to remove this terrible provision and debate it on its own, in daylight, with transparency.
Also, it’s the Speaker who’s delayed reopening by not voting until Wednesday!
To say I “wanted to vote on hemp instead of open the government” is a complete falsehood.
Other lawmakers, in both chambers, made this about something other than opening the government, not I.
They carried out this shady maneuver that made opening the government contingent…
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) November 11, 2025
I am truly sorry. I am still fighting.
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) November 11, 2025
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