US President Donald Trump signed the government funding bill on Wednesday evening, November 12, ending the longest shutdown in American history, which lasted 43 days.
The bill, which was previously approved by the US Senate and House of Representatives, funds the government until January 30.
The House of Representatives approved it hours before Trump signed it by a vote of 222 to 209; the vote was largely along party lines, although six Democrats joined the Republicans.
This is the second shutdown under Trump’s presidency; the previous one in 2019 lasted 35 days, and the record has now been broken.
The 43-day shutdown, which began on October 1, deepened partisan divisions in Washington, left millions of federal workers without pay and stranded travelers at airports.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the shutdown could cost the economy $11 billion in permanent damage and reduce gross domestic product by 1.5 percent.
