The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to reopen most of the federal government after a four-day partial shutdown. In a 217–214 vote, lawmakers passed a $1.2 trillion funding package already approved by the Senate that will finance most government operations through Sept. 30.
The measure drew some Democratic support despite objections from many Democrats over immigration enforcement provisions. The package funds the Department of Homeland Security for only two weeks, requiring lawmakers to return quickly to negotiations over Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol funding.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill and reopen the government, provided there are “no changes” made to the Senate version. The four-day pause in activity was far shorter than the 43-day shutdown in 2025, which had disrupted congressional work on issues including digital asset market-structure legislation. Bitcoin (BTC) rose about 2% to roughly $74,620 after the House vote.
The end of the shutdown should allow delayed government releases to proceed, including the January jobs report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, which had been postponed. That report can influence markets and macroeconomic policy through its unemployment and labor-force data.
Senate lawmaking on crypto market structure continues. Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed a digital-asset market structure bill largely along party lines; Democratic amendments were not adopted. The Senate Banking Committee, which would consider the portion of the bill 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 the Banking Committee had not rescheduled its markup as of Tuesday.
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