--- title: Government Shutdown to End After Senate Vote description: A handful of Senate Democrats joined Republicans to end a government shutdown Monday, with a promise to move on immigration. canonical: https://time.com/5112738/government-shutdown-ends/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-22T17:29:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T22:43:09.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Government Shutdown Is Almost Over After a Key Vote in the Senate og:description: Lawmakers were close to ending the shutdown on its third day og:url: https://time.com/5112738/government-shutdown-ends/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf88cf5570092a3f5/6988f907db2987ac5a25e7b5/gettyimages-908746674.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5000 og:image:height: 2813 og:image:alt: A sign indicating that the National Archives Building is closed due to the federal government shutdown stands outside the building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Government Shutdown Is Almost Over After a Key Vote in the Senate twitter:description: Lawmakers were close to ending the shutdown on its third day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf88cf5570092a3f5/6988f907db2987ac5a25e7b5/gettyimages-908746674.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Government Shutdown Is Almost Over After a Key Vote in the Senate > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:43 PM UTCPublished: Jan 22, 2018 5:29 PM UTC  A sign indicating that the National Archives Building is closed due to the federal government shutdown stands outside the building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. A sign indicating that the National Archives Building is closed due to the federal government shutdown stands outside the building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:43 PM UTCPublished: Jan 22, 2018 5:29 PM UTC Senate Democrats joined Republicans to end a [government shutdown](http://time.com/money/5111826/government-shutdown-whats-open-closed/) Monday, with a promise to move on immigration bills including support for undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children. On the [third day of the shutdown](http://time.com/5111846/federal-shutdown-day-2/), the Senate voted 81-18 on a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government through Feb. 8, in part based on a promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold a debate over immigration measures soon. “We will vote today to reopen the government,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said shortly after noon. The shutdown began in part because congressional Democrats wanted to use the routine need to pass a bill to fund the government to force the Republican majority to pass legislation that would protect the 800,000 undocumented immigrants who had been protected by [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals](http://time.com/5102693/president-trump-daca-tweet/), an Obama-era program that the Trump Administration is winding down. President Donald Trump has said that he would like to protect the Dreamers with a [“bill of love,”](http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/09/politics/donald-trump-bill-of-love-immigration/index.html) but the White House [repeatedly rejected](http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/20/politics/shutdown-tick-tock/index.html) Democratic offers to compromise by spending more on border security and a wall on the Mexican border. 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