The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a $1.2 trillion funding package, voting 217–214 to reopen most federal agencies after a four-day partial shutdown. The Senate had already cleared the measure, which funds the government through Sept. 30.
Some Democrats supported the package despite objections from others over immigration enforcement language. The bill provides funding for the Department of Homeland Security for only two weeks, forcing lawmakers to return quickly to negotiate funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the legislation and end the shutdown, provided there are “no changes” to the Senate version. The brief pause in government activity was far shorter than the 43-day shutdown in 2025, which earlier disrupted congressional work on issues including digital-asset market-structure legislation. Bitcoin (BTC) climbed about 2% to roughly $74,620 after the House vote.
Lifting the shutdown should allow postponed government releases to move forward, including the January jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which had been delayed. That report—covering unemployment and labor-force data—can affect markets and broader macroeconomic policy.
Separately, Senate work on crypto market-structure reform is ongoing. Last week the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a digital-asset market structure bill largely along party lines; proposed Democratic amendments were not adopted. The Senate Banking Committee, which would handle the portion of the legislation involving the Securities and Exchange Commission, postponed its markup after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he could not support the measure as written. Lawmakers have continued discussions, but as of Tuesday the Banking Committee had not rescheduled the markup.
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