Live updates: Senate inches closer to vote on shutdown deal – NBC4 Washington

What to Know

• The deal, negotiated by a group of Senate Democratic and Republican leaders, reopens the government and funds most federal agencies through January. It guarantees a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits that are set to expire, but no promises that it passes.
• Meanwhile, the consequences of the shutdown have been compounding. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Sunday and the FAA limited private flights at a dozen major U.S. airports.
• Trump threatened to dock the pay of air traffic controllers who don’t report to work and pledged bonuses for those “great patriots” who remained on duty without pay.
• Food aid has been delayed for tens of millions of people as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are caught up in legal battles related to the shutdown.
• Trump pardoned his former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and a slate of other key figures accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. The pardons are largely symbolic because presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes and cannot shield them from ongoing state-level prosecutions.