Putting an end to the country’s historic 43-day government shutdown, late on Wednesday, November 12, President Trump signed into law a spending package that hours earlier the House passed by a vote of 222 to 209.

The bill, advanced in the Senate on November 10, 2025, extends federal funding for most government programs through January 30 and includes three (of 12) full-year appropriations bills. In addition to funding at fiscal year 2025 levels government programs–including those overseen and administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)–through January 2026, the bill extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities and the acute hospital-at-home program through January 30, 2026.

The 4% Medicare sequester cut that would otherwise take effect in calendar year 2026 to offset the cost of HR 1 is waived by this legislation and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is funded through September 30, 2026.

With the House and Senate now back at work (the House was on recess throughout the shutdown), Congress turns its attention to completing additional full-year appropriations bills, including the fiscal year 2026 funding bill for HUD, and addressing other LeadingAge priorities, such as the permanent extension of telehealth flexibilities and protecting Medicare home health payments from proposed damaging cuts.