Shutdown Vote Creates Odd Bedfellows, Reveals Lawmaker Motives

Democratic appropriators, Republicans running for governor and lawmakers locked in tight re-elections were among those bucking their parties as the House Tuesday cleared funding legislation to reopen the federal government.

The House vote, 217-214, wasn’t as strictly party-line as others have been in the tightly divided chamber. Twenty-one Democrats supported the measure (H.R. 7148), while on the GOP side 21 opposed the bill favored by President Donald Trump. All federal agencies now have fiscal 2026 funding, save for the Department of Homeland Security, which got less than two weeks of funding as lawmakers weigh new restrictions on federal ...