What we know about pending government reopening, as record-long shutdown nears end

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The longest authorities shutdown in U.S. past is adjacent to being implicit arsenic the House is slated to convene connected Wednesday to ballot connected the national spending bill.

The Senate passed the measurement Monday nighttime with 8 members of the Democratic caucus joining Republicans.

President Donald Trump said helium supports the deal, and pushed for its transition successful the House. If it passes and if Trump signs it, national agencies and services are expected to instantly return.

Here's what to cognize astir the implications of the measure that addresses SNAP benefits, national workers and more.

When volition the authorities reopen?

The measure reopens the authorities done Jan. 30, 2026, starting astatine the clip Trump signs the legislation.

Some agencies, similar the Department of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs, volition beryllium funded for the remainder of the fiscal year.

When volition SNAP benefits resume?

The measure includes a proviso to afloat money SNAP benefits done the extremity of September 2026.

The wealth volition instantly spell retired to SNAP beneficiaries erstwhile the measure is signed.

Federal courts ordered the medication to wage SNAP benefits during the shutdown, however, the Supreme Court paused the order arsenic the appeals litigation continued.

When volition national workers spell backmost to work?

At slightest 670,000 national employees were furloughed during the shutdown, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Furloughed workers volition beryllium expected to instrumentality to enactment aft the measure is signed.

When volition employees person backmost pay?

Federal workers deemed essential, including Capitol Police officers, TSA workers and aerial postulation controllers, had been forced to enactment without wage during the shutdown.

During the shutdown, the medication issued layoffs for national workers successful assorted agencies.

The Senate measure includes connection to reverse Trump medication firings owed to the shutdown and ensures that furloughed workers person backmost pay.

Trump signaled Monday that helium would abide by the Senate reversing his administration's wide firing.

"I volition be. I'll abide by the deal. The woody is precise good," Trump told ABC News' Karen Travers.

All national workers are entitled to backmost wage nether the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which was signed into instrumentality by Trump during his archetypal word successful office.

The instrumentality covers some furloughed employees and those required to enactment without wage during a authorities shutdown.

When volition aerial postulation controllers beryllium afloat staffed?

The shortage of aerial postulation controllers, who were not furloughed, was truthful dire during the shutdown that the Federal Aviation Administration was forced to trim flights by 10% astatine 40 airports -- starring to thousands of flights being canceled and delayed crossed the country.

As galore arsenic 15-20 resigned during the shutdown, according to the Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

Amid the shutdown, Trump said successful a societal media station connected Monday that helium was recommending a $10,000 bonus to aerial postulation controllers who did not instrumentality immoderate clip disconnected during the shutdown, though helium did not supply specifics connected however that would beryllium done.

To those who took clip off, helium said, "I americium NOT HAPPY WITH YOU," and called for them to permission the assemblage "with NO outgo oregon severance of immoderate kind," contempt ongoing staffing shortages.

Once the Department of Transportation sees staffing levels instrumentality to pre-shutdown levels, it volition easiness the 10% formation cuts.

It is inactive chartless however the controllers volition respond to the shutdown's waning hours.

When volition flights spell backmost to normal?

It is not instantly wide however agelong it volition instrumentality for flights instrumentality to their mean schedules and capableness erstwhile the spending measure is signed.

When asked connected Monday by ABC News White House analogous Karen Travers if helium could warrant to Americans that question volition spell backmost to mean erstwhile the authorities re-opens, Trump responded, "It'll spell amended than normal," and talked astir upgrading exertion successful power towers, though helium did not code the unit issues.

Where bash ACA subsidies stand?

Affordable Care Act subsidies demanded by Democrats were not included successful the Senate bipartisan woody to reopen the government.

Protestors hold extracurricular the offices of Sen. Joni Ernst and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks to dependable their healthcare concerns connected November 5, 2025, successful Davenport, Iowa.

The enhanced ACA taxation credits don't expire until Dec. 31, and if nary woody is reached, wellness premiums volition leap for implicit 20 cardinal Americans.

Sources told ABC News Monday that Senate Republican enactment promised to let a ballot connected a measure of Democrats' choosing related to the ACA successful December.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday that helium would not perpetrate to holding a ballot successful the House connected the subsidies.

- ABC News' Justin Gomez, Alexandra Hutzler and Sam Sweeny contributed to this report.

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