Trump Signs Funding Bill, Ending US Government Shutdown
13th Nov. 2025
On 12th November 2025, President of United States signed the funding bill that ended the longest federal shutdown in the history of U.S. The House of Representatives passed the measure on Wednesday night with a vote of 222 to 209. It will pay for government operations through the end of January.
To reopen the government after 43 days and before signing the bill in the Oval Office, Trump stated that “Democrats tried to extort their country”. He continued, “People were hurt so badly, we can never let this happen again”, while highlighting those over a million federal employees and essential government services that were disrupted for Americans.
The deal provides funding until January 30. The deadline means the federal government will continue to increase its $38 trillion debt by around $1.8 trillion each year. Before locking the deal, Democrats had stopped a funding bill from passing until Sunday. It happened when a group of Senate Democrats agreed to back a new funding measure in that chamber, even though it didn’t include an extension of tax credits for the Affordable Care Act.
Before Wednesday’s vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., advocated strongly for the bill on the chamber floor, imploring lawmakers by saying, “My friends, let’s get this done.” Only two Republicans, Thomas Massie from Kentucky and Greg Steube from Florida, voted against the measure.
In the meantime, almost all Democrats voted against the proposal. The only Democrats who didn’t vote against it were Adam Gray from California, Jared Golden from Maine, Tom Suozzi from New York, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez from Washington, Don Davis from North Carolina, and Henry Cuellar from Texas. After the vote, the Office of Management and Budget told federal workers to go back to work on November 13, 2025.
Earlier on Wednesday evening, the U.S. Transportation Department announced that it would keep the flight reduction levels in place due to the continued air traffic controller shortage during the shutdown. As of Tuesday, about 6% of flights across U.S. airports had been canceled and it would rise to 10 by Friday.
The US government shutdown began on October 01, 2025, when Congress wasn’t able to pass the appropriation for the 2026 fiscal year. It also led to the clash between Democrats and Republicans over the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies and health care funding. It was the longest federal shutdown, which lasted 43 days. Before that, in 2018, the government shutdown ended after 30 days, also under Trump’s presidency.
Web Resources on the End of the Government Shutdown
1. Reuters.com: Trump signs deal to end longest US government shutdown in history
2. BBC.com: Trump signs bill to end longest shutdown
3. Politico.com: Shutdown Officially End
4. AcademicBlock.com: US Senate Passes Funding Bill to End Historic Shutdown