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Agreement Reached on CR, Government Expected to Re-open

After a weekend and morning of negotiations among a bipartisan group of members, the Senate agreed today to move forward on a three-week continuing resolution (CR), which would fund the government through Thursday, February 8.

Although it does not include a fix to the DACA, which was the cause of the shutdown, a commitment today from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) paved the way for an agreement on the CR.  In his remarks, McConnell made a commitment to bring a bipartisan bill that would address the DACA situation to the floor for a vote if the issue is not resolved before the expiration of the next CR, February 8.

The House is expected to take up the CR after it is cleared by the Senate.

Read more about the situation herehere, and here.