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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
US House narrowly approves deal to end government shutdown, sends to Trump
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The US House of Representatives narrowly approves a bipartisan deal that would end a partial US government shutdown and sends it on to US President Donald Trump to sign into law.
The legislation would restore lapsed funding for defense, healthcare, labor, education, housing and other agencies, and temporarily extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security while lawmakers negotiate possible changes to immigration enforcement.
Funding for those agencies expired on Saturday as the US Congress did not act in time to avert a shutdown, which has not resulted in major disruptions to government services.
The deal has already passed the US Senate by a wide bipartisan margin and now heads to Trump, who is expected to sign it into law.
The Republican-controlled House passed it by a vote of 217-214, with 21 Republicans voting against it and 21 Democrats voting for it.
Democrats are demanding new restraints on Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics following the killing of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis last month.
Some Republicans on the party’s right flank had sought unsuccessfully to modify the bill to include a provision that would tighten voting requirements.
The Times of Israel Community.