WASHINGTON — Butler County’s congressional representatives split on the bill to end the partial government shutdown and avert a national debt default.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-3rd, of Butler and Democrat U.S. Sen. Robert Casey voted for the bill. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican, voted against it.

The bill will fund the government until Jan., 15, and raise the nation’s debt limit through Feb. 7. It will create a conference committee to resolve the differences between the House and Senate budget plans and ultimately forge an agreement by Dec. 13.

In a statement, Kelly said, “The American people deserve and demand a fully functioning government that lives up to its responsibilities. They also rightly demand that their government treat every taxpayer fairly under the law.

“That’s why the House acted multiple times to keep the government open in the first place and seized every opportunity to protect Americans from the unfair effects of the president’s health care law along the way. While the fight for fairness under Obama-Care will endure beyond tonight, Americans can now rest assured that the federal shutdown is over and that a devastating default will not happen.

“Tonight’s agreement will allow my colleagues and I in Congress to resume the paramount tasks of bolstering job growth, making our outdated tax code fairer and simpler, and finally getting our historically high debt under control.”

In a statement, Casey said, “Pennsylvanians deserve better than the irresponsible brinksmanship they saw over the last few weeks. I hope this experience will help change the tone in Washington and that members on both sides of the aisle will refocus their efforts on creating jobs and strengthening the economy.

“I intend to work immediately to push bipartisan legislation to help middle class families like my Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act.”