President Trump signed a bill on Wednesday night to reopen the government and officially end the 43-day shutdown after the House earlier passed a bipartisan funding package.

Why it matters: Trump's signature on the bill ends the longest-ever federal government shutdown, which left thousands of federal workers without pay and disrupted services across the country for nearly seven weeks. • The package passed 222-209. Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Greg Steube (R-Fla.), voted with the majority of Democrats against the bill. • Six Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine), Adam Gray (D-Calif.), Don Davis (D-N.C.), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas.), voted in support.

The latest: Trump said before signing the bill that shutt

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