Will fund the federal government and avoid a costly government shutdown.

I remain committed to funding our government, avoiding a shutdown, continuing the FY26 appropriations process, allowing the Trump Administration to continue to put America First, and protecting Americans.

Rutherford says he remains committed to funding the government and preventing a shutdown.

Rutherford Statement on the Clean, Short-Term CR | Congressman John Rutherford
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Last action date is May 1, 2026; enrolled bill title is "Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026" and it cites Public Law 119-37 among related law references.

Official enrolled-bill record confirms enactment of the DHS funding measure that was used to resolve the DHS shutdown episode.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 7147 (ENR) - Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 | GovInfo
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Chairman Cole said the House passage of H.R. 7147 "ends the Democrat DHS shutdown" and restores funding, stability, and pay for critical operations.

House leadership treated the April 30 vote as the concrete step ending a live shutdown, showing serious funding action inside the lookback window.

partial same_term A for effort

Cole Statement on DHS Funding Bill | House Committee on Appropriations
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Rutherford said he was "proud to vote YES" on the CR to reopen the government and that the CR and three appropriations bills "put an end to the shutdown chaos" and fund core government functions for the next fiscal year.

Rutherford publicly aligned himself with a government-funding measure and framed it as ending shutdown chaos, supporting a finding of concrete effort rather than abandonment.

partial same_term A for effort

Rutherford Statement on Reopening the Federal Government | Congressman John Rutherford
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Rutherford said House Republicans passed a clean short-term CR to fully fund the federal government and that he remained committed to funding government and avoiding a shutdown.

This earlier campaign-to-office continuity source shows the same stated commitment, but the subsequent shutdowns mean the promise was not fully delivered as a no-shutdown outcome.

never same_term A for effort

Rutherford Statement on the Clean, Short-Term CR | Congressman John Rutherford
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