President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion partial government funding bill into law on Tuesday, hours after the House passed it in a 217 – 214 vote.
“I’m thrilled to sign the Consolidated Appropriations Act to immediately reopen the federal government and fund the vast majority of operations through the rest of the fiscal year,” the president said in the Oval Office.
The House of Representatives voted 217–214 on Tuesday to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package, effectively ending a four-day partial government shutdown and sending the legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk for an immediate signature.
The deal reflects a rare bipartisan compromise.
While the majority of House Democrats and 21 Republicans opposed the measure, it was carried by a unified GOP conference and 21 crossover Democrats. Despite the bill being championed by GOP leadership and endorsed by Trump himself, a group of 21 Republicans broke ranks to vote against it.
These defectors, primarily from the House Freedom Caucus, argued that the 10-day stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) surrendered vital leverage to Democrats and failed to include the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration.
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