"The longest government shutdown in the history of the United States ended Wednesday, when President Donald Trump signed a bill funding the government through January 30, 2026. Republican Senators negotiated the deal to end the 43-day long shutdown with Senate Democrats, and passed the funding bill in the upper chamber Monday night 60-40. The House passed the compromise bill Wednesday 222-209, and Trump signed it later that night."
"The main demand Democrats had been holding out for, the passage of enhanced health-insurance tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, was not part of the bill. Instead, it includes a promise of a separate Senate vote by mid-December to address the subsidies-with no guarantee of success and no binding House commitment. The bill also restores the jobs of any federal workers fired as a result of reductions in force implemented during the shutdown."
The 43-day government shutdown ended when President Donald Trump signed a bill funding the government through January 30, 2026. Republican Senators negotiated the deal with Senate Democrats and passed it in the Senate 60-40; the House approved it 222-209. The bill did not include Democrats’ sought enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, but it promises a separate Senate vote by mid-December on the subsidies without a guaranteed outcome or binding House commitment. The bill restores jobs lost to reductions-in-force, provides back pay for furloughed workers, halts further layoffs during the funding period, and fully funds SNAP through September 30, 2026.
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