Now that the shutdown is over, shuttered preschool and food benefit programs will reopen. So will federal agencies and national parks and other landmarks. Furloughed federal workers will return work, and government data crucial to understanding the American economy will start circulating again.

The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds. It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.

The House of Representatives passed a bill to end the shutdown Wednesday evening, and the President signed it later that night.

President Trump formally brought the longest government shutdown in history to an end on Wednesday night when he signed a funding bill to reopen the government, which had been shuttered for a record-setting 43 days.

Ky., said he will not support speedy passage of a deal to reopen the government because of a provision that would make some THC products illegal.

The Senate cleared a major hurdle toward reopening the government Sunday night, when eight Democrats joined with Republicans on a key vote to advance a federal funding measure.