Government to reopen after House votes to end longest-ever shutdown

House lawmakers returned Wednesday to vote on the spending package. President Trump is expected to quickly sign it into law. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Updated Nov. 13 at 8:13 a.m.

The federal government is set to reopen after being shut down for a record-setting 43 days after the House on Wednesday evening approved a bill to resume operations across agencies. 

President Trump quickly signed the spending package into law, meaning agencies were set to open Thursday morning. Most agencies are now funded through January under the new stopgap continuing resolution, though the Veterans Affairs Department, Agriculture Department and legislative branch agencies are funded through September. 

More than one million federal employees who worked or were furloughed during the shutdown without pay will soon begin receiving regular paychecks, as well as backpay for the checks they missed for the duration of the funding lapse. Around 650,000 furloughed workers ...