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Government Reopens After 43-Day Shutdown on Short-Term Funding Bill

The stopgap leaves ACA premium tax credits unresolved, raising the risk of another funding lapse in early 2026.

President Donald Trump signs the funding package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. (Bonnie Cash/Pool/CNP/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS)
FILE - Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Overview

  • President Donald Trump signed the measure after the Senate cleared it 60–40 and the House voted 222–209, ending the longest shutdown on record.
  • Funding now runs only through Jan. 30, 2026, and Democrats received only a pledge for a future Senate vote on extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
  • Federal employees are being recalled with back pay scheduled by Nov. 19 as agencies restore services including SNAP disbursements and normal air travel operations.
  • The IMF and CBO cited mounting economic costs, including delayed federal data, roughly $50 billion in deferred spending, and an estimated 1.5 percentage-point hit to GDP this quarter.
  • The outcome deepened Democratic infighting, with calls for leadership changes and talk of a House discharge petition to force a vote on the tax-credit extension.