House approves funding package to end partial shutdown

The House on Tuesday approved a funding package to pass five of the remaining six appropriations bills and a continuing resolution for the sixth, heralding the end of a short-lived, partial government shutdown.

The 217 to 214 vote, followed the Senate's earlier approval of the package last week. The arrangement followed a Democratic demand for concessions on immigration enforcement following the death of Alex Pretti during a physical altercation with Border Patrol.

President Donald Trump previously weighed in and asked the lower chamber to approve the package without major changes, so as to minimize the shutdown's duration.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.