ByLauren Peller 
Nov 12, 2025, 11:45 PM GMT
House begins debate before government funding bill vote
The House is now debating the government funding package. Each side will receive 30 minutes of debate, totaling up to one hour.
President Trump signs bill to reopen government
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President Donald Trump late Wednesday night signed a funding bill that will end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
The House passed the bill by a 222-209 margin earlier in the evening. The Senate passed the bill on Monday.
The legislation will fund the government through Jan. 30 and provide funding for some government agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year.
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Here's how the news is developing.
ByLauren Peller
Nov 12, 2025, 11:35 PM GMT
House sends funding bill to the floor for debate
The House cleared a key procedural hurdle by a vote of 213-209 to advance the government funding package for full consideration on the House floor.
The chamber is to move on to debate the funding package shortly.
Nov 12, 2025, 11:54 AM GMT
More than 850 flights canceled in US early Wednesday, tracker says
At least 878 flights were canceled in the United States early on Wednesday, with the departures from the busy hubs of Chicago, Denver and Atlanta leading the list of the most cancellations, according to a flight-data tracker.
Another 404 flights had been delayed as of about 5 a.m. ET, according to FlightAware.
Chicago O'Hare International topped the tracker's list of cancellations, with 44 as of about 4 a.m. local time. Next was Denver with 43 and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson with 37.
Wednesday's flight cancellations appeared set to continue a dayslong streak of chaos at American airports, which were operating under duress amid a federal government shutdown.
Nov 12, 2025, 11:41 AM GMT
Key House committee advances government funding package
The House Rules Committee voted 8-4 to advance the Senate-passed government funding package -- sending the legislation to the House floor for consideration.
The committee gaveled out the long hearing at 1:37 a.m. ET.
The House will next debate the measure, which could reopen the federal government, with the intention of holding votes as early as 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
-ABC News' Lauren Peller and Alex Ederson
