WATCH: President Trump Indicators Bill to Re-Open Authorities
President Trump just officially signed a huge funding package to end the very short, partial government shutdown that started on Saturday.
This new package will fund the federal government through September — except for the Department of Homeland Security, which is only funded for the next two weeks as Democrats continue to push for changes.
Watch the moment President Trump signed the bill here:
🚨 BREAKING: By stroke of pen, President Trump signs $1.2T spending package to REOPEN the US federal government
DHS is funded through next week
HOLD THE LINE, GOP! DHS must be protected and the SAVE ACT should come next! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/tLbmRMatkA
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 3, 2026
Originally, the government shut down because Democrats want to cut funding to the DHS.
After House Democrats delayed the vote yesterday, Congress ended up passing the spending package today.
It had already passed in the Senate last week.
NBC News reported:
The bill passed the House earlier Tuesday on a vote of 217-214, after passing the Senate last week.
The legislation will ensure full-year funding for the federal government through the end of September, with the lone exception of the Department of Homeland Security, which is put on a two-week leash as Democrats insist on changes after federal agents fatally shot two Americans in Minneapolis.
The measure tees up a frantic 10-day window for Congress to negotiate a DHS funding agreement as Democrats demand reforms to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
The new deadline when DHS funding will expire is Feb. 13.
Earlier in the day, House Republicans voted 217-215 to advance the legislation, a procedural motion for which Democrats provided no help.
A vote on the bill was delayed by one day after Democrats privately indicated they wouldn’t provide the large number of votes needed to fast-track it on Monday.
As expected, Massie was one of the Republicans to vote against the spending measure:
The procedural “rule” vote provided some drama as the House GOP’s one-vote margin showed its challenges. It was held open for an extended period when Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., unexpectedly joined Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., in voting against it. Massie has held his ground against spending bills and was seen as all but impossible to flip. Rose, who complained that the Senate wasn’t doing enough to pass the SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship to vote, eventually flipped to “yes.”
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the party’s lead funding negotiator in the House, was among the Democrats who voted for the bill. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., voted against it.
Next, Congress will begin negotiations on the DHS spending package.
Per CNBC:
Now, Congress and the White House will turn to thorny negotiations over new guardrails on immigration enforcement in the DHS funding bill. Democrats insisted on separating out the DHS measure following enforcement actions in Minneapolis.
The Tuesday vote in the House was bipartisan. Before the vote, the lead Democratic negotiator on the spending bills, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, urged members of her party to support it.
“Passing these five full-year funding bills today puts us in the best position to win that fight” over DHS funding, DeLauro said. Many Democrats and some Republicans still opposed the bill, however.
Already, Republicans have complied with Democrats’ push to give immigration authorities body-cameras — a request that will almost definitely backfire!
Full scoop on that here:
Kristi Noem Announces Immigration Agents Will Start Wearing Bodycameras