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Longest US govt shutdown ends after President Trump signs temporary spending bill
- IBJ Bureau
- Nov 14, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in US history.
He signed the short-term budget into law just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to approve it, and two days after the Senate had narrowly approved the same package.
In the Oval Office, Mr Trump said that the government would now “resume normal operations” after “people were hurt so badly” from the 43-day shutdown.
Many government services have been suspended since October, and around 1.4 million federal employees have been on unpaid leave or working without pay. Food aid has also been left in limbo and air travel has been disrupted nationwide.
Government services are expected to reopen in coming days, while disruptions to air travel will likely ease ahead of the looming Thanksgiving holiday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had reduced air traffic because of staff shortages, owing to the shutdown.
That had direct impacts on members of the Congress attempting to reach the nation’s capital for the House vote.
The bill only provides funding to keep the government open until January 30, when lawmakers will once again need to find a way to fund the government.
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