The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't happen all at once.

The reopening is seen as a missed opportunity to many Democrats, as they failed to secure certain health care items.

President Trump signed the bill into law in the Oval Office after the House voted to pass the funding measure earlier in the evening.

About 1.25 million federal workers haven’t been paid since Oct. 1. Roughly 10,000 flights have been cancelled since last week and disruptions will continue, the officials say, even as air traffic controllers return to work. Government contract awards have slowed and many food aid recipients have seen their benefits interrupted.

The deal, which ends the longest government shutdown in American history, has now passed both houses of Congress. Nine of Washington's 10 Democrats voted no.

Metro trains and D.C.-area roads will be a bit more congested this morning as tens of thousands of furloughed federal employees return to work for the first time in more than six weeks.