The longest partial government shutdown in history ended late Wednesday night when President Donald Trump signed into law a short-term spending patch that funds federal agencies through January.

Flanked by House GOP leaders around his desk in the Oval Office, Trump signed the bill as he repeated his call for abolishing the Senate filibuster to avoid the risk of another shutdown.

“This is no way to run a country,” Trump said in signing the bill ending a 43-day partial shutdown. “I hope we can all agree the government should never be shut down again.”

The House sent Trump the legislation just hours earlier, when it voted to clear the measure on a 222-209 vote that fell mostly along party lines.

Two Republicans opposed the measure: Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Greg Steube of Florida. Six

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