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The House Rules Committee met for more than seven hours overnight to send the plan to the floor for a final vote this evening.
This comes days after a group of Senate Democrats broke ranks with their party to help Republicans approve the deal.
It funds most of the government, at least through January.
But House Democrats are furious, saying their party didn't make good on their promise to reopen the government in exchange for extending health care subsidies.
Now, Senate Democrats are set to negotiate a plan with Republicans to address spiking Affordable Care Act premiums.
If not, they warn they'll hold Republicans to account at the next government shutdown deadline of January 30th.
In the end, seven rank-and-file Senate Democrats and one independent joined Republicans to vote yes to move forward on the bipartisan plan they say includes a list of wins.
The bipartisan package includes a stopgap measure to fund the government through the end of January and includes full appropriations funding plans.
for some government services and agencies, including Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
The deal pauses planned cuts to SNAP, reverses federal worker layoffs conducted during the shutdown, and installs new protections from more cuts to that workforce through the end of January.
Most Senate Democrats, however, voted no.
and House Democrats say they're against it because the plan does not address the Affordable Care Act's higher premiums.
In the end, seven rank-and-file Senate Democrats and one independent joined Republicans to vote yes to move forward on the bipartisan plan they say includes a list of wins.
The bipartisan package includes a stopgap measure to fund the government through the end of January and includes full appropriations funding plans for some government services and agencies, including Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
The deal pauses planned cuts to SNAP, reverses federal worker layoffs conducted during the shutdown, and installs new protections from more cuts to that workforce through the end of January.
Most Senate Democrats, however, voted no, and House Democrats say they're against it because the plan does not address the Affordable Care Act's higher premiums.