Congressman Chris Gibson has taken a stand separate from most of his party on the government shutdown of the last three weeks. He writes on his Facebook page that "As I’ve said all along, this government shutdown was completely unnecessary." He also stated " will support the bipartisan agreement to fund government operations until January 15 and to extend the debt ceiling until February 7. This agreement also overturns a rule issued by the Obama Administration to ignore verification requirements in the Affordable Care Act."