{"id":69350,"date":"2025-11-12T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/?p=69350"},"modified":"2025-11-13T05:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:01:18","slug":"historic-government-shutdown-poised-to-end-as-house-oks-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/historic-government-shutdown-poised-to-end-as-house-oks-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic government shutdown ends. Michigan lawmakers divided on deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions \u2014 including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers \u2014 to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan&#8217;s House delegation <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2025285\">voted along party lines<\/a>, with all seven Republicans supporting the measure and all six Democrats opposing it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal to reopen the government and resume federal funding should resolve a legal fight over <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/what-shutdown-deal-means-for-michigan-food-stamps-flight-delays-more\/\">food assistance benefits<\/a> that help 1.4 million Michigan residents, along with travel delays that have plagued the state\u2019s largest airport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan\u2019s roughly 30,000 federal employees have been&nbsp; furloughed or continued to work without pay, and other government programs like Head Start have missed key grant payments that <a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/in-michigans-up-a-head-start-preschool-closes-blame-the-government-shutdown\/\">forced the closure<\/a> of a free preschool in the Upper Peninsula.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/what-shutdown-deal-means-for-michigan-food-stamps-flight-delays-more\/\"><strong>What shutdown deal means for Michigan food stamps, flight delays<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/in-michigans-up-a-head-start-preschool-closes-blame-the-government-shutdown\/\"><strong>UP Head Start preschool closes. Blame the government shutdown<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/food-stamp-delay-hits-michigan-residents-ration-pantries-scramble\/\"><strong>Food stamp delay hits Michigan: Residents ration, pantries scramble<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time. They eventually prevailed, but only after the shutdown took an increasing toll on the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis shutdown was totally avoidable and unnecessary,\u201d Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Zeeland, said in a statement. \u201cI hope Democrats in Washington take a long hard look in the mirror. Their actions denied our military families their paychecks, denied food to low-income families, and jeopardized the safety of our nation\u2019s air travel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shutdown magnified the stark partisan divisions within Congress \u2014 and frustration among Democrats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur for-profit health care system is already broken, and instead of holding the line and fighting for health care as a human right, enough Democrats chose to roll over and make this affordability crisis worse,\u201d Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, said in a statement after the vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe American people want us to fight back, not cave to Donald Trump for absolutely nothing in return.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy, but the bill before the House Wednesday \u201cleaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,\u201d said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not give up even if the vote did not go their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis fight is not over,\u201d Jeffries said. \u201cWe\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The House had not been in legislative session since Sept. 19, when it passed a short-term measure to keep the government open when the new budget year began in October. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans had done their job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The compromise to end the shutdown<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation included buy-in from eight senators who broke ranks with the Democrats after reaching the conclusion that Republicans would not bend on using a government funding to bill to extend the health care tax credits. Meanwhile, the shutdown&#8217;s toll was growing by the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The compromise funds three annual spending bills and extends the rest of government funding through Jan. 30. Republicans promised to hold a vote by mid-December to extend the health care subsidies, but there is no guarantee of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had reached a point where I think a number of us believed that the shutdown had been very effective in raising the concern about health care,\u201d said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. The promise for a future vote \u201cgives us an opportunity to continue to address that going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation includes a reversal of the firing of federal workers by the Trump administration since the shutdown began. It also protects federal workers against further layoffs through January and guarantees they are paid once the shutdown is over. The bill for the Agriculture Department means people who rely on key food assistance programs will see those benefits funded without threat of interruption through the rest of the budget year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The package includes $203.5 million to boost security for lawmakers and an additional $28 million for the security of Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats are also seizing on language that would give senators the opportunity to sue when a federal agency or employee searches their electronic records without notifying them, allowing for up to $500,000 in potential damages for each violation. Democrats called for removal of the provision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The language seems aimed at helping Republican senators pursue damages if their phone records were analyzed by the FBI as part of an investigation into Trump&#8217;s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The provisions drew criticism from Republicans as well. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said he&#8217;s already introduced repeal legislation that he hoped would be voted on quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest point of contention, though, was the fate of the expiring enhanced tax credit that makes health insurance more affordable through Affordable Care Act marketplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a subsidy on top of a subsidy. Our friends added it during COVID,\u201d Cole said. \u201cCOVID is over. They set a date certain that the subsidies would run out. They chose the date.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the enhanced tax credit was designed to give more people access to health care, but no Republicans voted for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll they have done is try to eliminate access to health care in our country. The country is catching on to them,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Democrats call the passage of the spending bill this week a mistake. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who received blowback from his party in March when he voted to keep the government open, said the bill &#8220;fails to do anything of substance to fix America&#8217;s healthcare crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without the enhanced tax credit, premiums on average will more than double for millions of Americans. More than 2 million people would lose health insurance coverage altogether next year, the Congressional Budget Office projected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, said giving up the fight was a \u201chorrific mistake.\u201d Sen. 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