House Passes Bill to End Shutdown

The House passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, per the AP. The bipartisan vote was 217-214, and it came after President Trump urged Republicans to support it. The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, while providing the Department of Homeland Security with short-term funding for two weeks. The latter sets the stage for a debate in Congress over DHS funding: Lawmakers will return to negotiate potential changes for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Democrats demand more restrictions on its operations.

Earlier in the afternoon, House Speaker Mike Johnson managed to secure the near-unanimous GOP support needed to pass the bill through a procedural vote, despite some members of the party trying to tack unrelated priorities onto the funding package. Trump called on Republicans to stay united in a Truth Social post Monday, telling holdouts, "There can be NO CHANGES at this time." He has said he will sign the bill when it reaches his desk.