These House Democrats voted to end the shutdown
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Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) at the U.S. Capitol in July. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Six House Democrats voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown after a record 43 days.
The big picture: Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) told Axios he was among the Democrats to vote to reopen government and bring to an end the furloughing of federal workers, blocking of food aid and travel disruptions because "shutdowns never work and they cause a lot of chaos and harm."
- House Democratic leadership formally whipped against the bill because it doesn't extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Golden said in a statement that "Congress still has a window to pass bipartisan legislation to extend the ACA premium tax credits."
Zoom in: Along with Golden, five other Democrats voted for the bill: Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Adam Gray (D-Calif.), Don Davis (D-N.C.) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.).
What they're saying: Cuellar said in a statement posted to X that the shutdown has "made life harder" for families and he voted to reopen the government "so we can get critical programs back on track" — noting the deal restores Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding, reverses federal layoffs and ensures air traffic controllers and other federal workers are paid.
- He said he was "ready to work in a bipartisan manner" on extending ACA tax credits next.
- Davis also cited concerns about the suffering the shutdown has caused families he represents and said he initially voted against the original resolution in the hope of talks to extend the ACA credits and declared the "battle for healthcare is not over," per a statement posted to Facebook.
- Gluesenkamp Perez said on Bluesky she "voted to end this partisan car crash of a shutdown" and that the past several weeks had been "a case study in why most Americans can't stand Congress" and vowed to work with whomever in a bid to "build an economy where people aren't yanked around by partisan interests."
- None of her friends who rely on SNAP "would want to trade their dinner for an ambiguous D.C. beltway 'messaging victory' and I'm glad this ugly scene is in the rearview mirror," she added. "I'll work with whoever is necessary to reach those goals – and I don't give a damn which side of the aisle they sit on."
Go deeper: Which Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown?
Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional details throughout.
