The House of Representatives sent a bill to end the government shutdown to President Donald Trump's desk after several Democrats bucked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' warnings the left would not support it. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Jeffries and his top lieutenants in the House Democratic Caucus all voted against the bill, however.
On the GOP side, 21 Republicans voted against the legislation while 196 were in favor.
Democrats had initially walked away from a bipartisan House deal to finish funding the federal government through the end of fiscal 2026 on Sept. 30, rebelling against a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over Trump's handling of unrest in Minneapolis.
Their mutiny left roughly 78% of the government's yearly funding hanging in the balance because the DHS bill was lumped into a wider package authorizing budgets for the departments of War, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Education.
The deal struck between Senate Democrats and the White House would fully fund those remaining areas while only extending current funding levels for DHS through Feb. 13, in order to give Democrats and Republicans time to hash out a longer-term bipartisan plan.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters on Tuesday that the legislation would succeed, though he hinted at some dissatisfaction with how negotiations played out.
"This is not my preferred route. I wanted to keep all six bills together," Johnson said. "But listen, the president agreed with Schumer that they would separate Homeland, and we'll do that, and we'll handle it.… The Republicans are going to do the responsible thing."
The Senate's federal funding deal survived an important hurdle late Tuesday morning, clearing a House-wide "rule vote" to allow for lawmakers to debate the measure and set up a vote on final passage by early afternoon.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks at a press conference following a policy luncheon in Washington, Oct. 28, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Doing so "ties up floor time indefinitely," Thune said. That's because of rules that guarantee any senator gets up to two speeches on a bill. That, coupled with the clock being reset by amendments to the bill, means that the Senate could effectively be paralyzed for months as Republicans chip away at Democratic opposition.
"There's always an opportunity cost," Thune said.
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"Well, at any time there's an amendment offered, and that amendment is tabled, it resets the clock," he continued. "The two-speech rule kicks in again. So let's say, you know, every Democrat senator talks for two hours. That's 940 hours on the floor."
It's not immediately clear when Trump will sign the funding bill, but it's expected the White House will want to move fast. The longest government shutdown in history, which lasted 43 days, just ended in November.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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