Government shutdown updates: Trump signs government funding bill

The president attacked Democrats over the shutdown and other issues.

Last Updated: November 12, 2025, 11:17 PM EST

President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

The House passed the bill by a 222-209 margin earlier in the evening. The Senate passed the bill on Monday.

The legislation will fund the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some government agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
Nov 10, 2025, 1:39 PM EST

Johnson expected to swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva before any funding votes

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to swear in Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva prior to any votes in the House this week on government funding, which have not been formally scheduled yet.

Johnson previously said he'll swear in Grijalva when the House returns for legislative session, and his office confirms to ABC News that the swearing-in will occur before the House takes votes this week.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on November 10, 2025, in Washington, DC.
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Grijalva won her special election on Sept. 23, four days after Johnson dismissed lawmakers following House passage of the clean continuing resolution to fund the government. While the question has followed the speaker throughout the shutdown, Johnson has shrugged off the delay in the swearing-in, arguing that his decision is not about Grijalva's intent to become the 218th signature a discharge petition that would force a floor vote on compelling the Department of Justice to release the complete Jeffrey Epstein files.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Nov 10, 2025, 12:58 PM EST

Schumer says Republicans now 'own' health care crisis

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer argued on Monday that Republicans are now to blame for rising health care costs after Affordable Care Act subsidies were not included in the bipartisan deal to reopen the government.

"The American people have now awoken to Trump's health care crisis. Health care is once again at the forefront of people's minds. People now see that premiums are about to skyrocket. They're terrified about how they're going to pay for their insurance," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "Democrats demanded that we find a way to fix this crisis and quickly, but Republicans have refused to move an inch. So, I cannot support the Republican bill that's on the floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America's health care crisis."

Senator Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., November 9, 2025.
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“Doing nothing is unacceptable, but that's the choice the Republican side made in obeisance to Donald Trump,” Schumer added. “Republicans now own this health care crisis. They knew it was coming. We wanted to fix it. Republicans said no, and now it's on them."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Nov 10, 2025, 11:55 AM EST

Thune implores senators 'not to stand in the way' of quickly passing bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, in floor remarks on Monday, pushed for the deal to end the shutdown to be passed as quickly as possible, as questions remain on timing.

"I said that we will be voting on the final package in the very near future, and I'm hoping that will be hours and not days," Thune said.

It takes unanimous approval of all 100 senators to speed ahead toward a final vote. If there is an objection from even one senator, it would be enough to slow the process down.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune responds to reports at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 7, 2025.
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"I'm grateful that the end is in sight, but I would encourage every member of this body, Democrat or Republican, pro-bill or anti-bill, not to stand in the way of being able to deliver the coming relief quickly. The American people have suffered for long enough," Thune said.

Nov 10, 2025, 11:21 AM EST

Trump tells air traffic controllers to 'get back to work, NOW,' urges $10,000 bonus for some

President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at air traffic controllers who have called out of work amid the government shutdown, as he recommended a $10,000 bonus for those workers who kept working without pay.

"All Air Traffic Controllers must get back to work, NOW!!!" Trump wrote. "Anyone who doesn't will be substantially 'docked.' For those Air Traffic Controllers who were GREAT PATRIOTS, and didn't take ANY TIME OFF for the 'Democrat Shutdown Hoax,' I will be recommending a BONUS of $10,000 per person for distinguished service to our Country. For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn't step up to help the U.S.A."

President Donald Trump attends a dinner with Central Asian leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 5, 2025.
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The president went on to call for workers who took time off to leave the profession "with NO payment or severance of any kind"

"You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record. If you want to leave service in the near future, please do not hesitate to do so, with NO payment or severance of any kind!" Trump wrote. "You will be quickly replaced by true Patriots, who will do a better job on the Brand New State of the Art Equipment, the best in the World, that we are in the process of ordering."

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