Overview
- The House passed the package 222–209 with six Democrats in support after the Senate advanced it with the 60 votes needed, and President Donald Trump signed it into law.
- Most agencies are funded through Jan. 30, 2026, while Defense and Veterans Affairs receive full-year funding through Sept. 30, 2026.
- The law guarantees retroactive pay, reverses more than 4,000 shutdown-era federal employee dismissals, and allows agencies to recall workers as SNAP payments and air travel operations restart.
- The measure contains a disputed provision allowing senators to sue the Justice Department over Jan. 6 phone-records seizures, authorizing awards up to $500,000.
- Democrats are riven over reopening without extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, with party leaders promising only a stand‑alone vote in December and critics targeting Senate leadership.