Partial Shutdown Ends

House Votes to End Partial Shutdown, Sending Bill to Trump’s Desk

The bill’s passage will put an end to a partial shutdown that lasted 4 days. Congressional leaders now have less than 2 weeks to negotiate funding for DHS.

The House of Representatives on Feb. 3 passed a funding package for several federal agencies, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk to end a partial government shutdown.

The measure was passed in a 217-214 vote. Twenty-one Republicans voted against the Senate-passed package, while 21 Democrats voted for it.

The legislation will fully fund five sectors of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year while extending funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until Feb. 13. Despite its advancement, the bill faced significant Democratic opposition, including from party leadership.

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