The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress approved on Wednesday an agreement that puts an end to the longest government shutdown in the history of the country, which lasted 43 days after disagreements between Republicans and Democrats.
The House passed the bill that the Senate had advanced on Monday to reopen the government by a vote of 222-209, with six Democrats voting yes and two Republicans voting no.
U.S. ends government shutdown
#BREAKING: U.S. House votes to end government shutdown, 222-209.
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The measure will now be moved to the Oval Office, where President Donald Trump summoned the press at 21:45 local time (2.45 GMT Thursday) to sign the agreement in front of the cameras and end the longest shutdown in the country’s history.
Six Democrats joined Republicans in passing the bill.
Only two Republicans voted against it: Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Greg Steube of Florida.
“History reminds us that government shutdowns never change the outcome, only the cost paid by the American people,” stated Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma and chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
“During the last 43 days, the facts did not change, the votes needed did not change and the path forward did not change.”
The Democrats’ hard-line bloc criticized the approved measure because it has left out the extension of Obamacare federal health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
For her part, New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the Trump Administration acted “cruelly” against the American people during the shutdown by attempting to stop full federal funding for food stamps, on which some 42 million people depend.
The measure that the House approved Wednesday includes a spending package that would fund the government through January.
As well as three separate spending bills to cover programs related to agriculture, military construction, veterans and legislative agencies through most of 2026.
In addition, U.S. media have reported that Republicans “stealthily” added a clause that will allow the officialists to sue the government for at least half a million dollars for being investigated for the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
The package includes a provision that would reverse the layoffs of federal workers made during the shutdown and guarantee back pay for those who have been furloughed.
Different federal agencies have asked their workers in advance to return to work this Thursday, since after Trump’s signature tonight, the shutdown will be over.
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With information from EFE
