Overview
- Final House passage was 222–209 with six Democrats in support after the Senate advanced the package earlier in the week with eight Democrats joining Republicans.
- Federal agencies are restarting operations with back pay for roughly 1.4 million affected workers, layoffs reversed, and SNAP and WIC funding restored, though services will ramp back up gradually.
- The law keeps most government funding in place only until Jan. 30, setting up another deadline, and leaders agreed to consider ACA premium tax credits separately in December with no House commitment yet.
- The shutdown’s economic toll is still being assessed, with the CBO estimating roughly a 1.5 percentage‑point hit to Q4 growth and paused data collection creating a lingering ‘data fog.’
- Air travel is expected to recover over time after FAA-ordered flight reductions at 40 major airports and widespread delays and cancellations during the six‑week disruption.