Alabama’s Republican delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives hailed Wednesday night’s vote to finally reopen the federal government. It now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.

They ended the “Schumer shutdown” while the state’s lone Democrat members broke with the rest of the delegation to keep the government closed.

The House voted 222-209 to approve the CR, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk, formally ending the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

It began on October 1 after Senate Democrats repeatedly blocked earlier House-passed funding bills in a bid to force Republicans to extend Obamacare tax credits.

Under the CR, most federal agencies are funded at FY2025 levels through January 2026, while three full-year FY2026 bills are f

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