Poll: 50% of Americans blame the government shutdown on the Republican Party, while 47% blame the Democratic Party.

On November 13, local time Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a funding bill to inject money into food assistance programs that were cut off during the shutdown, to retroactively pay hundreds of thousands of federal employees, and to restore normal operations of the air traffic control system. After the House passed the bill with a vote of 222 to 209, the record-breaking 43-day U.S. federal government shutdown was set to officially end, even though the two parties were still locked in disputes over federal health insurance subsidies. The bill will be sent to President Trump for signing. The House passed the bill on Wednesday, facing fierce opposition from Democrats, but Trump's support largely preserved Republican unity. What infuriated Democrats was that their Senate colleagues' long standoff failed to reach an agreement to extend federal health insurance subsidies. The Senate had previously passed the bill, and although both parties blamed each other, it appeared that neither achieved a clear victory. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday found that 50% of Americans blamed the government shutdown on the Republicans, while 47% blamed the Democrats. (Jin10)