The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to fund the government through January 30, 2026, paving the way to end the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history.
According to NPR, the bill passed 222–209, with six Democrats joining Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the chamber. Two GOP legislators voted against the measure. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law later Wednesday evening.
The federal government entered a shutdown on October 1 over a dispute concerning health tax credits under the Affordable Care Act, which Democrats sought to extend into next year.
After weeks of bitter finger-pointing, and as federal employee layoffs and flight cancellations mounted, eight Senate Democrats broke ranks and voted with Republicans on Monday to reopen the government.
Many prominent Democrats condemned their colleagues for siding with MAGA extremists in both chambers. We saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans. The American people need more from their leaders, California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X.
USA implies a 48 days Stopgap measure to avoid Government Shutdown
The dissenting Democrats defended their actions, arguing that the layoffs were hurting ordinary Americans. Staying in shutdown mode was not getting us anywhere, Senator Jeanne Shaheen said.
Ahead of the House vote, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, another Democrat who broke ranks, said that the fight to stop runaway health insurance premiums won’t be won by holding hungry Americans hostage.
Trump, who has blamed Democrats for more than 40 days of disruption, said the shutdown had made them look very bad as he signed the bill to reopen the government.
The US government shutdown has delayed more than $5 billion in arms exports to European NATO members and subsequent transfers to Ukraine, Axios reported on Sunday.
More than $5 billion in arms exports – including AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, HIMARS, and other weapons for European NATO members – have been affected, the outlet added.
The source did not specify the final destination of the arms, but US regime exports to NATO countries are often transferred to Ukraine, Axios reported.
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US President Donald Trump has increasingly pushed European NATO states to take over the burden of supporting Ukraine by buying American-made armaments.
We send weapons to NATO, and NATO is going to reimburse the full cost of those weapons, Trump said earlier this year, shortly after European members of the US-led military bloc committed to a 5% of GDP military spending target.
Russia has long condemned the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western nations, arguing it makes them party to the conflict, which Moscow sees as a NATO-led proxy war. Such supplies only prolong the fighting but cannot change its outcome, Russia has said.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
It changes nothing Debt doesn’t go away if you don’t deal with it and the US refuses to!
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing $$$ reopens as well…
US shutdown stalls arms deliveries to Ukraine – Axios,,,
This very well could be the only positive outcome of this government sabotage.