House passes funding bill to end US shutdown – see how lawmakers voted

Bill passes House with with 222 in favor and 209 against. Here’s how Republicans and Democrats voted

The US House of Representatives voted to pass the funding bill to end the longest government shutdown in US history. Trump signed the bill into law on Wednesday night.

The legislation comes in the wake of a Senate-brokered compromise in which a handful of Democrats voted toforego the extension of expiring healthcare subsidies, which have been at the heart of the long impasse. The bill extends government funding at current levels through January. Three year-long provisions, which fund programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the USDA and FDA, and legislative branch operations, are also included.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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