It’s been a bit like watching a ping-pong match in the Senate on Monday — we knew they’d cleared the 60-vote hurdle on cloture on the motion to proceed with the vote on H.R. 5371 (the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026) late Sunday night.
That cloture vote came with eight Democrat (or Democrat-adjacent) senators signing onto it, as Joe Cunningham reported.
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The next question was how and when they’d actually get to a final vote on the measure.
Thune now on floor to set up vote series for final passage tonight of spending agreement
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) November 10, 2025
But finally, late Monday afternoon, things started rolling along and, after several floor speeches, the Senate undertook a series of votes to get ‘er done.
Vote forecast: At approximately 5:30pm today the Senate is expected to proceed to up to 8 roll call votes in relation to the following in relation to Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026:
1. Motion to proceed to Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing…— Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) November 10, 2025
Vote forecast: At approximately 5:30pm today the Senate is expected to proceed to up to 8 roll call votes in relation to the following in relation to Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026:
- Motion to proceed to Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026.
- Baldwin motion to table (tree filler).
- Merkley motion to table (tree filler).
- Paul amendment #3941 (possible motion to table).
- Motion to invoke cloture on Collins substitute amendment #3937.
- (If cloture is invoked) Adoption of Collins substitute amendment #3937.
- Motion to invoke cloture on Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, as amended, if amended.
- (If cloture is invoked) Passage of Cal. #168, H.R.5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, as amended, if amended.
First up, a Motion to Proceed to the consideration of H.R. 5371. That one passed 60 to 40.
Then, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) jumped through multiple procedural hoops, including filing cloture on the amendment offered by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) (#3937), followed by cloture on the measure itself.
Next came a vote on Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) Motion to Table one of the offered amendments. That vote failed 53-47.
Then came a vote on Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D-OR) Motion to Table another amendment. That vote also failed 53-47.
Next up, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) offered an amendment to remove a provision in the measure (slipped in by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)) that, he argued, would be devastating to the hemp industry. The vote on the motion to table that one passed 76-24.
Then came the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Collins’ amendment (#3937). As expected, that one passed 60-40. The vote on the amendment itself passed 60-40.
That brought us to the motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 5371 as amended, which passed 60-40.
And finally, at long last, at roughly 9:13 PM Eastern, with a vote of 60 to 40, the Senate passed H.R. 5371 as amended. 🎉
The measure will now return to the House for a vote there. (Given the changes to it, the House needs to approve it as amended.) Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-4) appeared sanguine about the measure’s passage in the House during his press conference Monday morning.
After 40 days of the Schumer Shutdown, working families have suffered, thousands of workers have gone unpaid, and air travel has been greatly slowed.
As we’ve said from the beginning: the people’s government should not be held hostage.
The House will move quickly this week to… pic.twitter.com/OUvgZk9qSO
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) November 10, 2025
While it’s unclear yet exactly when the House will hold a vote on it (many members are having to travel back to D.C., including dealing with flight delays due to the shutdown), Johnson pledged to move “quickly this week to reopen the government, pay our workers, and end the pain this unnecessary shutdown has caused the American people.” Once it passes the House, it will head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
RedState will, of course, continue to monitor the bill’s status and provide updates as warranted.
Editor’s Note: After more than 40 days of screwing Americans, a few Dems have finally caved. The Schumer Shutdown was never about principle—just inflicting pain for political points.
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