House Speaker Mike Johnson has told Congress members to return by Wednesday to cast their votes on the agreement passed late Monday by the Senate to provide funding which would halt the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Two local members of Congress are offering different opinions on the deal, with one saying he’ll approve it, and the other saying he’ll reject it.
The measure, if passed by the House and signed by President Trump, would reopen the government and keep it funded through January. Among the provisions, it would reverse federal workforce reductions imposed by the Trump administration during the shutdown, provide back pay for federal employees, and fund the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) through September 2026.
Senate Democrats who voted against the deal say they did so because of what the agreement does not provide, specifically assurances that an Affordable Care Act tax credit set to expire at the end of this year would be renewed.
It’s for that reason why Congressman Tim Kennedy, a Buffalo Democrat, does not intend to support it. Even before the Senate cast its votes late Monday, Kennedy expressed his opposition while appearing in Buffalo.
“It continues an assault on health care in this country. Millions of people will lose their health insurance in this country, and tens of millions more will be forced to pay skyrocketing costs of premiums, deductibles and copays. It is wrong and it's unacceptable,” he said. “It's a bad deal for the people of this country, and it's no deal to me, and I'll be voting no.”
Republican Nick Langworthy, meanwhile, celebrated the Senate’s vote and intends to add his own vote of yes when the proposal goes before the House. He confirmed it, and also blamed Democrats for the ongoing shutdown, through his official social media accounts.
Finally enough Senate Democrats have come to their senses and finally agreed to stop this partisan, unfair attack against the American people. I am ready to vote for this deal and get back to the work the people elected us to do. https://t.co/bcFdyKImd1
— Congressman Nick Langworthy (@RepLangworthy) November 10, 2025
Partisan finger pointing continues, as Kennedy suggests Speaker Johnson has lost credibility through the shutdown.
“A shutdown of 41 days, and another 11 days shut down because they canceled votes since September 19, and have gone on a taxpayer funded vacation? Now he's going to call back the House to vote on a bad deal for the people of America that's going to rip away their health care? Shame on him, and shame on anybody that goes along with this betrayal on the American people,” he said.