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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) came out Sunday night against the deal brokered by rank-and-file senators on both sides of the aisle to end the government shutdown. “I must vote no. This health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that fails to address the health care crisis,” he said ahead of a procedural vote to advance the measure. “But let me be clear: however this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight because millions of families will lose health care coverage.” The agreement — which came together during a rare weekend Senate session — sets up a three-bill appropriations “minibus” that would fund, for the full fiscal year, the Agriculture Department and FDA, the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction projects, and the legislative branch. All other agencies would be funded at current levels under a CR through Jan. 30, giving appropriators more time to finish work on the remaining full-year spending bills. As part of the deal, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has promised to hold a vote in December on extending the Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year — the centerpiece of Democrats’ shutdown demands. However, there’s no guarantee that the subsidies extension bill will pass — or that it would even be considered in the House or signed into law by President Trump. The package also includes language to provide back pay for furloughed employees and reverse the layoffs carried out by the Trump administration during the funding lapse.