President Trump spent the anniversary of his first year in office with a government shutdown. Monday afternoon he signed a Senate bill to temporarily end the brief shutdown with a bill that would fund the government until Feb 8.

After a long weekend and an exchange of words between parties, the Senate invoked cloture on Monday and voted 81 to 18 on a stopgap funding bill which will extend funding for three weeks. The House then passed the bill and sent it to the President. He signed it and the doors to the government sprang open.

Now, if only it were that easy.

The government shutdown was due to a race against a deadline which the Senate couldn’t meet. The deadline to pass a continuing resolution to keep the Federal Government funded passed on Jan. 19 when the Senate failed to pass a House bill that would have allowed the government to keep its doors open.

During the government shutdown, there were certain monetary actions the government had to take. This includes the halt of non-essential spending by the government. Non-essential spending is prohibited until a budget is approved or some form of stopgap funding measure passes the House and Senate, and the president signs it.

So, what is non-essential spending?

The U.S. government breaks down their departments into two categories; essential and non-essential.

Essential departments are those vital to a functioning country, including the department of defense, transportation security administration and postal services. During this period, social security checks are still sent out and people receiving assistance continue to receive that assistance.

Non-essential departments consist of agencies such as the National Park Service.

In this case, non-essential departments were directly affected by the shutdown. Agencies furloughed thousands of employees, meaning they were temporarily unemployed until the budget was reinstated. Members of the military were also out of paychecks until the government received more funds.

So, what actually caused the newest shutdown?

The main issue at hand is the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which has been a common topic of discussion among the president and both political parties. Democrats blocked a vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government with a demand that the majority Republicans and the President agree to make DACA permanent.

DACA wasn’t the only reason for the shutdown. Both parties are in considerable disagreement about Trump’s demand for 18 billion dollars, which would go toward building a border wall between the United States and Mexico.

Other casualties of the impasse are military pay and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

The proposed resolution would fund the CHIP program for another six years and would provide money for other U.S. programs. Lawmakers allowed the bipartisan program to run a long time without renewal. The odd thing here, both the Democrats and Republicans typically praise this program and have voted to fund it repeatedly.

Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell pledged to address DACA legislation by Feb. if it has not been resolved by then.

Trump released a written statement saying he was pleased the Democrats in Congress had come to their senses and are willing to fund the military, border patrol, first responders and insurance for children in need.

The bill will also authorize CHIP for six years and delays some Affordable Care Act taxes.

While there is hope to have all issues worked out and a working resolution both parties agree on, McConnell did not promise a vote by Feb. 8. He said there would be an open debate about a process for the DACA solution.

This shutdown caused a lot of turmoil between the Democrats and Republicans, with Trump habitually taking to Twitter to blame the shutdown on the Democrats. In the end, they agreed on a temporary resolution.

The final question, will there be a solution for the issues at hand or in three weeks will there be another government shutdown?