The Shutdown Is Almost Over

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Lacey Donohue

10/16/13 07:14PM

Filed to: Shutdown

BREAKING: Senate passes bill to reopen the government, avoid default; measure heads to House.
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 17, 2013

Ted Cruz thinks the deal is "terrible," but a deal has been made nonetheless: the Senate voted 81-18 to end the shutdown. A vote that is expected to pass will soon follow in the Republican-led House. By midnight, the shutdown will most likely be over.