Video: House passes Bill to open Government, Trump signs it
A four-day partial US government shutdown is now over after the House of Representatives gave final approval Tuesday to a funding measure and President Trump signed it into law.
"I'm thrilled to sign the consolidated appropriations act to immediately re-open the federal government," Trump said in the Oval Office late Tuesday afternoon.
The vote in the House came down to the wire, ending with a tally of 217-214. After a day of arm-twisting, Republicans unified on a key procedural step earlier in the day, which set up the narrow bipartisan vote where 196 Republicans joined 21 Democrats to push the measure over the line and send it to White House.
Tuesday's vote follows the Senate's 71-29 passage of the measure last week and a White House pressure campaign that brought House Republican holdouts into the fold.
The bill contains five spending measures while delaying a final decision on funding the Department of Homeland Security until next week.