US Senate Passes Shutdown Ending Bill

With a vote of eighty-one to eighteen, the US Senate passed a bill which would bring an end to the government shutdown.

Under the bill, government spending is funded until January 15 and federal borrowing is raised until February 7.

The bill comes just in time to keep the US from defaulting on it's loans, which would happen Thursday, if funding isn't restored.

By passing the bill, the Senate returns the country to the status quo which existed before the shutdown.

It's passage sends it off to the House of Representatives.