House Passes, Trump Signs $1.2 Trillion Spending Package Ending Partial Government Shutdown
UPDATE: President Trump has signed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package passed by the House of Representatives on Tuesday in a move that ended a partial government shutdown.
It came as the partial shutdown had reached a fourth day, as lawmakers in Washington were deadlocked over funding for immigration enforcement. The temporary funding delay had affected thousands of federal workers. Workers with the Federal Aviation Administration are on furlough, and some 14,000 air traffic controllers had been working without pay.
A message posted on the Department of Health and Human Services website had said, "Due to the government shutdown, information on this website may not be up to date." And as Americans begin filing their taxes, the Internal Revenue Service said it was only able to process returns through this Saturday.
President Trump had expressed optimism that an agreement could be made. "I think they're pretty close to a resolution," Trump said Monday. "You know, we were at 5.6% GDP, and we lost a point and a half because of the 42-day shutdown."
The impasse was centered around ICE operations following the tragic shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ICE agents will now be required to wear body cameras. "We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country," Noem posted on X.
I just spoke with @RealTomHoman @ICEDirector @CBPCommissioner. Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) February 2, 2026
As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide. We will rapidly acquire and deploy body…
Lawmakers were deadlocked over demands for agency reform.
The vote on Tuesday wraps up congressional work on 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government for the budget year ending Sept. 30. But the budget bill only funds DHS for two weeks, giving Congress time to debate changes in ICE tactics and strategy.
Speaker Mike Johnson succeeded in getting nearly every Republican vote in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation.
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