WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump[R] signed a funding bill late Wednesday night, Nov. 12, ending the record-breaking 43-day government shutdown that began in October. The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday for the funding bill passed in the Senate earlier this week.
The bill passed in the House 222-209, mostly along party lines; six Democrats voted yes, and two Republicans voted no. While the bill funds some agencies through the end of the fiscal year, others are only funded through Jan. 30, 2026 – so Congress will have to pass another bill before that deadline, or face another shutdown.
Several representatives raised objections to provisions added by the Senate, including giving senators the right to sue the federal government if federal law enforcement accesses their data without proper notification. House Speaker Mike Johnson[R] has said he plans to introduce a separate bill to overturn that language.
In the debate regarding the bill, House Democrats held their stance on holding out for subsidies for the Affordable Care Act to be included in the bill – Republican leaders in the Senate said they’d revisit the subsidies after opening the government, to reach the required 60 votes minimum to move the bill back to the House.
Speaking before the vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries[D] said, “There are only two ways this fight will end. Either Republicans finally decide to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits this year, or the American people will throw Republicans out of their jobs next year and end the speakership of Donald J. Trump once and for all.”
Back in Maryland, Governor Wes Moore[D] put out a statement following the bill’s passage, saying “reopening the government matters,” while warning that “healthcare premiums will continue to rise.
“This is exactly why people hate Washington. Once again, Republicans in D.C. are asking us to accept a false choice — fund the government or protect people’s health care. That’s not leadership,” Moore said in a press release. “We can’t keep asking working families to choose between a paycheck and a doctor’s visit. Maryland is doing its job. It’s time Donald Trump and Washington did theirs — without selling out the people they’re supposed to protect.”
Republicans also maintained their messaging, maintaining that Democrats were forcing the shutdown for political gain until nationwide elections concluded, and imploring their fellow representatives to reopen the government. Trump supported earlier versions of the funding bill and quickly signed it.
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Don’t forget, that our representatives and senators kept voting no. They don’t care that you didn’t get paid. They don’t care that you don’t have food or a home. They don’t care about you.