United States President Donald Trump has signed a bill officially marking the end of the longest federal government shutdown in American history.
This comes just hours after the House voted the bill through, which cleared the Senate at the start of the week.
The final vote in the House was 222-209, with nearly all Republicans voting for the bill, along with a handful of Democrats who broke party lines.
The more than 40-day shutdown was the longest in U.S. history, breaking a previous record set in 2019, both under the Trump administration.
The stalemate was set off over an Obamacare program, which is vehemently opposed by Republicans, and the funding surrounding it.
The Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits for insurance premiums are set to expire by the end of the year and will raise health care costs for millions, leaving Democrats refusing to vote through any temporary funding resolutions that didn't address those subsidies, and the GOP repeatedly rejected negotiating during the shutdown.
Now, after six weeks, the federal government will resume operations, but the spill-over impact to other federal employees and the subsequent spike of cancelled and delayed flights is expected to continue without immediately bouncing back.
