Nevada Senators Cross Party Lines to End Government Shutdown

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be ending as five Senate Democrats struck a bipartisan deal to reopen the government on Sunday night. Despite Democrats’ prior demands to extend “Affordable Care Act” (ACA) taxpayer subsidies to reopen the government, the bipartisan agreement failed to include that provision when those subsidies expire at the end of December.

Nevada’s Democratic Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto crossed party lines to ink the deal, according to reports. Although Cortez Masto previously voted for the continuing resolution to open the government, Rosen had stood firm until Sunday night.

“Unfortunately, it’s become clear as we go deeper into the second month of this Republican government shutdown that President [Donald] Trump and Washington Republicans are weaponizing their power in alarming ways to inflict unimaginable pain and suffering on working people, like fully withholding [food] benefits and gutting our tourism industry by grinding air travel to a halt. Trump and his Republican cronies on Capitol Hill do not give a damn about hurting working people, and their conduct over the last month has been nothing short of appalling.” Rosen wrote in a statement Sunday evening.

“We also have an opportunity now to put Republicans on the record on the ACA,” Cortez Masto wrote on Sunday. “If Republicans want to join us in lowering costs for working families, they have the chance to do so. And if they do not come to the table, they will own the premium increases they cause.”

In a written statement, Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV) slammed the deal, telling The Nevada Independent:

“Senate passage of the continuing resolution without extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies means thousands of Nevadans will lose their health insurance because they won’t be able to afford it. We have endured weeks of pain from a government shutdown — including cutting off SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits and not paying federal workers — for nothing. Nevadans will see their health insurance premiums double or triple, leaving many with no choice but to drop their coverage. I will oppose the continuing resolution again for the same reasons I did earlier.”

The Democratic talking points related to the ACA deflect from the fact that the Affordable Care Act was never affordable because individual policies skyrocketed and premiums were subsidized.

As explained below, “Obamacare was a lie from the beginning…it has utterly destroyed the free market system. Obamacare wasn’t written by the Democrats, it was written by big pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and hospital providers…the health care ACA subsidies [are] an $800 billion annual transfer—direct federal payment system—right into the insurance companies. And what they do is they artificially lower premiums a little bit so that the Democrats can then come back and, if the Republicans don’t buy off on this, they say, “Look, the Republicans raised your premium.” No, the premiums were always that high.”

Welcome to the truth about Obamacare. pic.twitter.com/OrWFUQRkQP

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) November 10, 2025

Nicknamed the Schumer Shutdown by Republicans, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) voted “No” on the deal, siding with the far-left of his party, but his vote did not shield him from harsh criticism and calls from his colleagues to step down as Minority Leader.

maybe they weren’t worried about hungry poor people after all? pic.twitter.com/iFUIZWWlOs

— Phil Labonte (@philthatremains) November 10, 2025

Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) who voted 15 times in favor of the continuing resolution, blasted the shutdown and referred to it as a failure.

The bipartisan bill passed the Senate 60-40 and will now head immediately to the House of Representatives where it is expected to pass with bipartisan support.