President Trump signed a revised continuing resolution, a short-term spending bill officially known as the Continuing Appropriations, Leg Branch, Milcon-VA, and Extensions Act of 2026, on Saturday evening, which will fund the federal government until January 2026, ending the Schumer shutdown once and for all.
RedState reported on how the House passed it in a final vote earlier Wednesday, with the help of healthy staff from across the aisle, including Rep. Jared Golden (ME-6), who was the only Democrat to vote for the original CR more than a month ago.
As my colleague Sister Tolja wrote:
It's official: after several Democrats in the Senate finally fulfilled their role Monday, the House voted to end Schumer's shutdown and reopen the government Wednesday night by a vote of 222 to 209, with six Democrats voting in favor along with the GOP majority and two Republicans voting with Democrats. against this:
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a massive spending package to reopen the government, setting the stage for ending a marathon shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — that has caused economic turmoil across the country and set off an internal battle among Democrats over the future of the party and how best to confront President Trump.
The vote in the lower house was 222-209, almost strictly along party lines. Only two Republicans opposed the measure, protesting deficit spending, while six Democrats supported it, citing the importance of renewing federal funding.
READ MORE: Despite Democratic machinations, the House of Representatives voted to reopen the government.
The White House celebrated the significant moment in the Lower House in Post X:
HUGE: Congress passes bill to END DEMOCRATS' LOCKING UP.
Now on its way to President Trump's desk. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/og0SGFmKks
— White House (@WhiteHouse) November 13, 2025
Watch the President sign the bill, while making remarks about what it will mean for the American people:
.@POTHUS: “With my signature, the federal government will resume normal operations, and my administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety… and make America affordable again for all Americans.” pic.twitter.com/ybJjiM2lIL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 13, 2025
He continued, chiding Democrats for “extortion.”[ion]”they inflicted on the country during the Sumerian shutdown:
.@POTHUS: “For the last 43 days, Democrats in Congress have shut down the United States government in an attempt to extort hundreds of billions of dollars from American taxpayers for illegal immigrants…Today we are sending a clear message that we will NEVER give in to extortion.” pic.twitter.com/kMKncQPsiL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 13, 2025
Trump added more about the pain Americans were feeling, including air traffic controllers at the nation's airports and other government workers who weren't getting paid, as well as those who needed SNAP to feed their families:
.@POTHUS: “The Democratic shutdown has done enormous damage. They have caused 20,000 flights to be canceled or delayed…they have robbed more than 1 million government workers of their paychecks and deprived millions upon millions of needy Americans of food stamps.” pic.twitter.com/KCdnltt95L
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 13, 2025
You can watch the full event in the video below from the WH X account:
President Trump signs Senate amendment to HR 5371 https://t.co/YvF1x3E8yz
— White House (@WhiteHouse) November 13, 2025
This is a developing story and RedState will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
Editor's note: After more than 40 days of deceiving Americans, several Senate Democrats have finally given in. Closing Schumer was never principled—it was simply about causing pain for political points.
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