All furloughed government employees are expected to be at work Thursday. Notably, the USDA Farm Service Agency office in Salem should be open.
The measure to end the shutdown passed 81-18 in the Senate. Kentucky GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell voted for the measure. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was one of the 18, all Republicans, who voted against the measure.
The legislation passed 285-144 in the House of Representatives. Congressman Ed Whitfied, a Hopkinsville Republican, voted in favor of the measure to reopen the government.
