It's over!  Trump signs Bill ending Historic 43-Day Shutdown

 

 

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed a bipartisan funding deal to reopen the federal government, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history after 43 days of paralysis and partisan brinkmanship.

 

The House voted 222–209 to pass the package, hammered out between Republicans and centrist Senate Democrats, ensuring key agencies stay funded through January 2026. The agreement reverses Trump’s mass federal layoffs, restores paychecks to furloughed workers, and restarts vital nutrition programs for tens of millions of Americans.

 

Trump declared victory from the Oval Office, accusing Democrats of “extortion” and vowing he “will never give in.” He blasted “extremists” in the Democratic Party for dragging out the impasse, saying they “had to do it the hard way, and they look very bad.”

 

The deal came after eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to avert mounting economic fallout. In exchange, Republicans agreed to hold a December Senate vote on extending Obamacare subsidies — though few expect it to pass. Furious Democrats warned that millions could see their premiums soar if the subsidies lapse.

 

Speaker Mike Johnson managed to unite nearly all House Republicans, despite last-minute controversy over a Senate-added provision letting lawmakers sue the Justice Department for past surveillance — potentially reaping $500,000 payouts per case. Johnson said he was “shocked” by the clause but vowed to strip it later.

 

Only six House Democrats supported the deal. Rep. Rosa DeLauro condemned the Senate clause as “self-dealing,” accusing eight senators of “voting to shove taxpayer dollars into their own pockets.”

 

With Washington back to work, Trump now faces new fights — including over Obamacare’s future and the explosive issue of the Jeffrey Epstein files. A Democratic petition forced Speaker Johnson to schedule a House vote next week to compel the Justice Department to release all Epstein case records, following fresh emails linking Epstein to Trump and 200,000 pages of estate documents made public Wednesday.

 

Trump, meanwhile, promised to revisit healthcare reform: “Obamacare was a disaster,” he said. “We’ll work on something better.”

 

Key Takeaways:

• Trump signed a bill ending the 43-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.

• The deal funds agencies through 2026 but leaves Democrats fuming over lost Obamacare subsidies.

• House will next vote to release the full Jeffrey Epstein case files amid new revelations.

 

[Source: CNN]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And only 43 (maybe 60) days until the next one...

Forty-three days of the left’s futile extortion attempt over one person and nothing else.

Trump will be happy, he can get his felt tip pen out to show all his signature.............😒

WOW! TRUMP ended the shutdown! /s The US was better off with NO govt.

About darn time that he ended anything, as he certainly hasn't ended any wars, inflation, US stagnation, ... OK, he's ended quite a few companies, and he's working hard on ending healthcare, but at least this time he has something to show!