Susan Collins, as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, helped craft the legislation that includes three year-long appropriations bills as well as funding in other areas of government through January.
“This short-term continuing resolution would reopen government immediately, provide back pay to all federal workers, and fund important federal programs on which many Americans rely,” Collins said in a statement after the legislation passed the Senate on a 60-40 vote Monday night. “As the Chair of the Appropriations Committee, I am delighted with today’s accomplishment, and I hope the House of Representatives will pass this legislation quickly so we can put an end to this unnecessary government shutdown.”