Congress Closes In on Ending Longest-Ever Shutdown: Key Takeaways

Shutdowns have a high financial cost but are politically more acceptable now, experts say.

A sign indicates that the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is closed due to lack of funding from the government during the 41st day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

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.