43-day logjam ends: US lawmakers vote to end record govt shutdown — key points

The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse. The lapse had left federal workers without multiple paychecks, travellers stranded at airports, and people queuing at food banks to get a meal for their families. Lawmakers returned to the nation’s capital this week after nearly eight weeks away, with Republicans using their slight majority to carry the bill by a vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure, AP reported. Thunderous applause could be heard in the House of Representatives as the bill to end the shutdown passed. At the end, Six Democrats crossed the aisle to back the Republican-led measure. Only t