The bill’s passage marked an end to the 43-day shutdown.
President Donald Trump on Nov. 12 signed a bill passed by both chambers of Congress to fund the government until January, formally bringing an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
“Today, we’re sending a clear message that we’ll never give in to extortion,” Trump said from the Oval Office shortly before signing the bill, referring to the Democratic demands that had driven the previous standoff.
Trump also repeated calls to end the filibuster, the 60-vote Senate rule that enabled the shutdown.
The president signed the bill around 10:25 p.m. local time, approximately 2 hours after the House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote.
It formally brings an end to the government shutdown on its 43rd day, less than an hour before the shutdown hit day 43, now the longest in U.S. history.
Trump’s signature means that back pay for federal workers who haven’t received pay in over a month will be processed quickly, while furloughed federal employees will return to work. The bill will also ensure funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other food assistance programs, which had been delayed by the shutdown, for a full year.
It will also mean a gradual return to normal air travel in the United States, which had been badly impacted by the shutdown as air traffic controllers skipped work and take-offs were limited by the FAA out of safety concerns.
In a 222–209 vote, the House approved the measure around 8:20 p.m. ET. Six Democrats—Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine), Adam Gray (D-Calif.), Don Davis (D-N.C.), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), and Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (D-Wash.)—voted for the package.
Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Greg Steube (R-Fla.), voted against the bill.
The House approved the measure after the Senate passed it on Monday with the backing of eight members of the Senate Democratic conference.
“[Democrats] didn’t achieve anything with this at all,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters at a press conference on Capitol Hill immediately following the House vote.
Aside from punting government funding to Jan. 30, 2026, and thereby ending the 43-day shutdown, the measure fully funds three sectors of government, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Legislative Branch, through Sept. 30, 2026.
It also includes full-year funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the subsidiary Women, Infants, and Children program. Funding for these programs has been delayed by the shutdown.
By Joseph Lord and Nathan Worcester
