Nov. 12, 2025
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The Home of Representatives voted Nov. 12 to finish the longest authorities shutdown in U.S. historical past, setting the stage for tens of 1000’s of protection civilians to return to work and guaranteeing troops will probably be paid in just a few days’ time.
By a 222-209 vote, lawmakers authorized a seamless decision that may preserve the federal government funded via Jan. 30, together with full-year appropriations to fund navy building, Veterans Affairs, the Division of Agriculture, and Congress itself via fiscal 2026.
The laws now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk, the place he’s anticipated to signal it imminently.
Trump’s signature will finish the shutdown, reopening full authorities operations after a 43-day standoff. Throughout that point, service members and a few civilians designated “important” reported to work, however solely navy members had been paid. Whereas the division discovered funds for navy paychecks, most civilians weren’t paid and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had warned the federal government wouldn’t in a position to pay troops once more for the Nov. 14 paycheck
The Pentagon furloughed about 334,000 civilian staff—together with 1000’s of navy spouses—in the course of the shutdown. It’s unclear if these employees are anticipated to return Nov. 13—or how quickly pay will resume. The measure reopening the federal government directs that furloughed staff obtain backpay, and that pay resume “on the earliest date attainable after the lapse in appropriations ends, no matter scheduled pay dates, and topic to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.”
It’s unclear how shortly that may occur. Queried by Air & Area Forces Journal previous to the Home vote, Pentagon spokespeople had been unable to supply definitive particulars on how quickly regular work schedules and pay would resume.
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