The spending bill has received the signature of President Donald Trump to open the government and end the longest shutdown in US history.

He put the short-term budget into law hours after the House of Representatives had voted 222 to 209 in favor of the same, on 13th November, and two days after the same package had been narrowly passed by the Senate.

At the Oval Office, Trump declared that the government would now resume normal operations since people were hurt so badly due to the 43-day shutdown.

Numerous government activities have been closed since October, and approximately 1.4 million federal workers have been on unpaid leave or working without pay. The food aid has been caught between a rock and a soft drink, and air travel has also been hampered in the entire country.

It is anticipated that government services will resume in the near future, whereas air travel inconveniences will probably improve before the approaching holiday season of Thanksgiving. The shutdown had caused the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reduce air traffic due to staff shortages.

That had a direct effect on the members of Congress trying to arrive in the capital of the country on Wednesday for the House vote.

Derrick Van Orden is a Republican legislator in Wisconsin who drove his motorcycle to someone in the House, covering a distance of close to 1,000 miles (1,609km) to make a cast vote before the bill was sent to the president to be signed.

The bill simply funds the government until 30 January, when the lawmakers will have to find a solution to finance the government.

Trump also repeatedly blamed the Democratic Party in regard to the shutdown before he signed the bill into law. He said they did it just because it was political.

Remember what they have done to our country, he added, when we reach midterms and so forth.

The Democrats in the Senate could effectively cause the shutdown even though they were in the minority, as they had yet to reach the necessary number of 60 needed to clear a bill that would have financed the government.

They also initially rejected the bill, insisting that the Republicans should concede to the extension of health insurance subsidies to the low-income Americans, which will expire at the end of the year.

The Republicans insisted that a health debate could be held once the government was open.

However, on Sunday, eight Senate democrats left the party and assisted in the passage of the spending package. They passed it by voting it in with the promise that they would vote on it in December on those healthcare subsidies.

It resulted in outrage in the Democratic Party, and a backlash among the populace by people like the House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Californian governor Gavin Newsom.

According to Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader of the minority in the House, the package contains things that would help in correcting the healthcare crisis in America.

One of the democrats who voted in favour of the compromise was Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. He responded to that attack and told him that the federal employees that he represents were telling him thanks for having accepted the deal.

Hours prior to the House voting to open the government, Democrats in Congress witnessed the swearing in of their latest lawmaker.

It was not a sufficient addition to take into consideration any possibility of healthcare subsidies being included in the government funding bill, yet Democrats applauded Adelita Grijalva onto their floor as a new member of the party.

Democratic Arizona member was also elected on 23 September, but the House has been out of session since 19 September, thus postponing her swearing in. She is filling the seat occupied by her father, Raul Grijalva, who was killed earlier this year.

Democrats instantly hit their fresh recruit to become a sponsor on a petition to compel a vote on a bill to release files concerning the deceased paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The petition must spend seven days of legislative session before it may be called to the floor – and House leadership must find a way of scheduling a vote within two days of legislative session.

House Speaker Mike Johnson left many speechless on Wednesday and announced that he would get a vote next week.

What’s in the spending deal?

The agreement that was brokered during the weekend has provided the federal government with funds until 30 January.

It also provides full-year funding of the Department of Agriculture, and the military construction and legislative agencies’ funding.

The bill also includes guarantees that all federal employees will receive time in the shutdown, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – which includes food aid to one in eight Americans- until September next year.

The package also comprises an agreement to vote in December on the extension of the healthcare subsidies that Democrats had been seeking concessions on.