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The House passes a federal funding bill aimed at ending partial government shutdown That would end a four-day stalemate shortly after the legislation reached President Donald Trump’s desk on Tuesday.
The appropriations bill, a compromise between Senate Democrats and the White House, would fund about 97% of the federal government through the end of fiscal 2026.
Trump played an integral role in hammering out the new deal and quelling a subsequent rebellion by conservative lawmakers to get it passed.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said he strongly opposed the plan, despite the Senate Minority Leader’s role in crafting it. But several Democrats ultimately ignored his concerns and voted in favor.
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The House is sending a bill to end the government shutdown to President Donald Trump after several Democrats objected to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries warning that the left would not support the bill. (Stephanie Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Democrats initially abandoned a bipartisan House deal on Sept. 30 to fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2026, objecting to a bill Fund the Department of Homeland Security (Department of Homeland Security) expresses dissatisfaction with Trump’s handling of the Minneapolis riots.
Their rebellion left about 78 percent of the government’s annual funding hanging in the balance as the DHS bill was folded into a broader package authorizing the budgets of the Departments of War, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Education Department.
this Senate reaches agreement Democrats and the White House will fully fund these remaining areas while extending only current funding levels for the Department of Homeland Security through February 13 to give Democrats and Republicans time to develop a long-term, bipartisan plan.
Louisiana House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Tuesday that the legislation would be successful, though he hinted at some dissatisfaction with the outcome of the negotiations.
“That’s not my preferred route. I want to put all six bills together,” Johnson said. “But listen, the president agrees with Schumer that they’re going to separate the Department of Homeland Security, we’re going to do it, we’re going to deal with it. … Republicans are going to do the responsible thing.”
this Senate Federal Funding Agreement It overcame a key hurdle late Tuesday morning, clearing a House-wide “rules vote” that would allow lawmakers to debate the measure and vote on final passage in the early afternoon.
Louisiana House Speaker Mike Johnson walks out of the chamber to talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, November 12, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Senate Republicans push House Republicans to oppose funding plan, voter ID legislation
it appears after a pair House conservatives announce They dropped their threat to overturn the legislation during a rules vote if it was not paired with an unrelated election integrity bill called the Save America Act.
Reps. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Tim Burchett, R-Tennessee, warned they would not support the Save America Act during a rules vote without the bill attached, but changed their tune after speaking with the White House on Monday night.
“As of right now, based on the agreement we’ve had and the discussions we’ve had, we’re all going to agree to the rule,” Luna said. “There’s something called the standing filibuster that would effectively allow Senator Thune to put voter ID on the Senate floor. We’re hearing that’s going well and that he’s considering it … so we’re very happy about that.”
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The Save America Act would require voters to provide ID at the polls and create new proof-of-citizenship provisions during the voter registration process.
But Luna’s insistence that Thune embraced the standing filibuster, a little-known and outdated legislative tactic, doesn’t seem accurate.
Still, Thune said Senate Republicans “have expressed interest in it, so we’re going to have conversations about it. But no commitments have been made.”
He noted that forcing a standing filibuster to try to pass the Save America Act or any variant of the bill introduced by the House would be a huge waste of Senate time.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a press conference with other members of Senate Republican leadership after a policy luncheon on October 28, 2025 in Washington. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Doing so “takes away work time indefinitely,” Thune said. That’s because there are rules guaranteeing no more than two speeches on a bill by any senator. Combined with the fact that the bill’s amendment resets the clock, it means the Senate could effectively be paralyzed for months as Republicans weaken Democratic opposition.
“There’s always an opportunity cost,” Thune said.
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“Well, any time an amendment is proposed, an amendment is tabled, it resets the clock,” he continued. “The two-speech rule is in effect again. So, let’s say every Democratic senator speaks for two hours. That’s 940 hours of speaking time.”
It’s unclear when Trump will sign the appropriations bill, but the White House is expected to want to move quickly. The longest government shutdown in history lasted 43 days and just ended in November.
