Deirdre Walsh

The Senate approved a bill that would fund most agencies through the end of January and include full-year funding for veterans programs and food assistance.

Most Democrats criticized the deal for failing to address expiring health care subsidies.

The top Senate Republican did pledge to hold a vote in December on a health care bill, but House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won't guarantee a House vote.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is urging fellow Democrats to vote no.

We're not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of the American people.

If the House approves the measure, it will head to the White House for the president's signature, ending the shutdown.

They got a commitment for a Senate vote by mid-December on a bill that they will write.

Shaheen said she negotiated that directly with Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

But there's no guarantee, even if the Senate could pass something, that the House Speaker, Mike Johnson, would put that on the House floor.

But Shaheen says the White House was part of these discussions, and she pointed out that people in red states rely on these tax credits more than people in blue states.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he asked for a meeting with President Trump ahead of Trump's upcoming trip to Asia.

Democrats insist any funding deal must address expiring health care subsidies.

After attending a lunch hosted by Trump for Senate Republicans at the White House, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the president is willing to talk, but... The government needs to open up, and then we're happy to sit down and talk about any other issues that Democrats want to talk about.

Thune plans to bring up a bill to pay federal employees who are still working during the shutdown.

Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.

Usually it's lawmakers who feel pressure from the public to help constituents who rely on programs that are shut down or pay essential workers who are showing up.

But this time it's the Trump administration who's deciding which federal workers get paid

which government programs get infusions of cash to keep operating, Congress is really just on the sidelines.

It's the Office of Management and Budget that's making the decisions.

And the president admits they're targeting agencies that Democrats care about for cuts.