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House Passes Bill to End Record-Long US Government Shutdown
Nov 12, 2025 5:53 PM

08:26 PM EST, 11/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 222-209 to fund the federal government through the end of January, ending a stalemate between Republicans and Democrats that caused the longest-ever shutdown.

The legislation now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature. Late Monday, the Senate approved the bill in a 60-40 vote.

The deadlock between the two sides centered on the inclusion of health-care provisions in the funding package. The Senate will now hold a separate vote in December on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are due to expire at the end of the year.

The shutdown, which began Oct. 1, impacted business loans, economic data releases, national parks and flight operations, Stifel said in a note published late last week.

The shutdown could cost the US economy $11 billion by the end of 2026 if it dragged on for six weeks, the Congressional Budget Office said late last month.

Restoring government funding "is expected to alleviate expected flight cancellations, and initiate backpay for furloughed workers, as well as deploy delayed SNAP benefits to recipients, among others," said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel, in a Wednesday note ahead of the US House vote.

SNAP refers to the government's food-aid program for low-income Americans.

The government reopening also means federal agencies will work through a backlog of data releases, though White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that October consumer price index and jobs reports may not be released at all, CNBC reported.

"It is still unlikely that we receive the updated jobless claims and CPI reports scheduled for release tomorrow, or the (producer price index) and retail sales reports scheduled for Friday," Piegza said.

September's payrolls report, initially scheduled for Oct. 3, "could be released within a week while other data will likely filter out over the next 2-3 weeks," Piegza said ahead of Leavitt's remarks.

BMO said at the end of October that fourth-quarter gross domestic product would nearly stall assuming the shutdown persisted for four and a half weeks, compared to its prior estimate of 1% annualized growth.

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