President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday to end a four-day partial government shutdown. The move came just hours after the House narrowly passed the funding package in a 217–214 vote.
The bill cleared the House earlier in the day. Twenty-one Republicans voted against it, while 21 Democrats crossed party lines to support the measure. The shutdown began Saturday after Congress failed to pass funding legislation ahead of the deadline.
Trump signed the bill at the White House and praised the package as fiscally responsible.
“This bill is a great victory for the American people. Instead of a bloated and wasteful omnibus monstrosity full of special interest handouts, we’ve succeeded in passing a fiscally responsible package that actually cuts wasteful federal spending, while supporting critical programs for the safety, security and prosperity of the American people,” Trump said.
The measure provides full-year funding through the end of the fiscal year for several federal agencies. These include the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. It also funds Energy, Treasury, State, the judicial branch, and several independent agencies.
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security was extended only through Feb. 13. This sets up another funding fight in less than two weeks. Democrats are demanding changes to immigration enforcement policies before supporting full-year DHS funding.
House Democrats have pushed for new restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These include limits on administrative warrants and bans on agents wearing face coverings during operations. They also want tighter rules governing enforcement actions.
Republicans have rejected those demands. Speaker Mike Johnson said forcing ICE agents to remove masks would put officers at risk.
“Tom Homan told Leader Schumer himself that’s one of the demands that I’m not going to be able to implement,” Johnson said in a Fox News interview. “I have to protect my officers.”
Johnson said agents are being targeted through doxing. He said their personal identification should not be exposed during enforcement operations.
Johnson also dismissed Democratic calls for judicial warrants before ICE arrests.
“When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it’s an administrative warrant issued by an immigration judge,” Johnson said. “That is sufficient legal authority.”
“They want to add an entirely new layer of warrant requirement,” he added. “We can’t do that.”
Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts strongly opposed the bill. He cited concerns about immigration enforcement practices.
“I will not vote for business as usual while masked agents break into people’s homes without a judicial warrant,” McGovern said during a committee hearing.
Despite opposition from many Democrats, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut supported the measure. She said the DHS extension preserves leverage ahead of future negotiations.
“I will support this package,” DeLauro said. Without the extension, she argued Democrats “won’t be able to bring the kinds of pressure” needed to push for changes.
Some Republicans also objected to the bill. They criticized the absence of the SAVE Act, which would require voter identification in federal elections.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna initially opposed the measure. She later reversed her position after assurances from Senate leadership.
Ahead of the vote, Trump urged lawmakers to reopen the government quickly.
“We need to get the Government open,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There can be NO CHANGES at this time.”
“We cannot have another long, pointless, and destructive Shutdown,” Trump added.
Congress now has less than two weeks to resolve the next DHS funding deadline. Immigration enforcement is expected to dominate the coming negotiations.