Trump Signs Funding Bill Ending the Longest Shutdown in U.S. History

President Trump signed a funding bill on Wednesday night that ends the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, 43 days after it began, according to NBC News, CNBC and PBS NewsHour.

The House passed the measure 222 to 209 shortly before the signing. Six Democrats joined nearly all Republicans, CNBC reported, in a mostly party-line vote that PBS also described. NBC News reported that the Senate approved the same legislation on Monday, when eight Democrats broke a filibuster.

The bill funds most of the government at current levels through Jan. 30, according to NBC News and PBS, and includes a package of three spending bills that fund some agencies through September. The bill also reverses layoffs the administration imposed during the shutdown, provides back pay for federal workers who were furloughed or worked without pay, and bars more layoffs through the end of January, NBC and PBS reported.

What it leaves out is the issue Democrats had made central. The bill does not extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that expire at the end of the year, NBC News, CNBC and PBS reported. As part of the deal with a bipartisan group of senators, Senate Republicans agreed to hold a vote in December on Democratic-drafted legislation to extend them, CNBC and PBS reported. Speaker Mike Johnson has not promised a similar vote in the House, NBC News and PBS reported, and PBS noted there is no guarantee the Senate vote will succeed.

In the Oval Office, Mr. Trump blamed Democrats. “When we come up to midterms and other things, don’t forget what they’ve done to our country,” he said, according to NBC News and PBS.

Some Democrats were openly angry about the compromise, NBC News reported, while Republicans held firm against extending the enhanced subsidies beyond 2025.

The shutdown touched most Americans in some way, with families going without food, travelers stranded in airports and federal employees wondering about their next paycheck, NBC News reported.