After 44 days of Federal government shutdown instigated by Senator Chuck Schumer and followed by the majority of Democrats, the amended HR5371 was returned to the House for voting on the amendment(s). At 8:21pm on November 12, 2025, the House passed the motion with a vote of
Yea = 222 (216 Republicans, 6 Democrats: Cuellar TX, Davis NC, Golden ME, Gray CA, Perez WA, Suozzi NY)
with 2 Representatives not voting (1 Republican McCaul TX & 1 Democrat Watson Coleman NJ).
The bill went immediately to the President for signature. On November 12, 2025, the White House published the statement Congressional Bill H.R. 5371 Signed into Law announcing:
On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, the President signed into law: H.R. 5371, the “Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026,” which makes continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
This bill ends the government shutdown by providing FY2026 continuing appropriations for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing appropriations through the end of FY2026 for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities.
Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to most federal agencies through the earlier of January 30, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, because the FY2026 appropriations bills had not been enacted. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2025 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs.
The bill also provides back pay to all federal employees who were not paid during the government shutdown, prohibits federal agencies from taking actions related to a reduction in force (RIF) through January 30, 2026, and nullifies RIFs that were implemented by federal agencies between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment for this bill.
In addition, the bill includes three regular FY2026 appropriations bills that fund the following agencies and activities though the end of FY2026:
the Department of Agriculture (think SNAP),
the Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities,
the Department of Veterans Affairs,
Congress and agencies that support Congress, and
several related and independent agencies.
Finally, the bill extends several expiring authorities and programs, including authorities related to
public health, Medicare, and Medicaid;
cybersecurity;
agriculture;
Food and Drug Administration user fees;
veterans benefits;
actions to mitigate a threat from an unmanned aircraft system (i.e., drones); and the Defense Production Act of 1950.
For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs have demonstrated that Defendants violated 10 U.S.C. § 12406 and the Tenth Amendment and satisfy the requirements for a permanent injunction. Therefore, this Court PERMANENTLY ENJOINS Defendants [As this Court may lack jurisdiction to enjoin President Trump in the performance of his official duties, see Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 802–03 (1992) (plurality opinion); Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 475, 501 (1866), this injunction applies only against the other Defendants.] Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Department of Defense, Kristi Noem, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from implementing the following memoranda federalizing and deploying members of the National Guard in Oregon:
Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s September 28, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and deploying the Oregon National Guard, Ex. 1051;
Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 5, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and deploying the Texas National Guard, to the extent that it deploys members of the Texas National Guard in Oregon, Ex. 6;
Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 16, 2025 Memorandum to the extent that it authorizes the deployment of federalized members of the California and Texas National Guards to Oregon, Ex. 2; and
any memoranda deploying members of any other State’s National Guard to Oregon based on the same predicate conditions that were relied upon to authorize the above orders.
This Court retains jurisdiction pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, to enforce the terms of this permanent injunction against any party. This Court STAYS IN PART this Partial Final Judgment to the extent that it enjoins the federalization of members of any State’s National Guard. With respect to the federalization of the Oregon National Guard, that STAY will be in effect for a period of 14 days. This partial administrative stay “preserves the status quo in which National Guard members have been federalized but not deployed.” Order at 6, Oregon v. Trump, No. 25-6268, ECF 90 (9th Cir. Oct. 30, 2025). However, with respect to the deployment of any state’s National Guard to Oregon, based on any of the above orders, THIS PERMANENT INJUNCTION ORDER IS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
So, the Judge acknowledges she cannot include President Trump in this order; however, she circumvents his Executive Branch powers by enjoining his cabinet in the order? Unconstitutional! I expect an immediate appeal by the Trump Administration.
The Twenty-Second Amendment covering Term Limits for the Presidency was ratified February 27, 1951. There are 2 sections in this Amendment:
Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2[Ratified February 27, 1951]
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Now they need an amendment just like this for Congress!
Those are some of the exact words used by Google’s censors, aka 'Orwellian content police,' in describing many of our controversial stories. Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
