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Trump signs funding bill into law, ending record-long government shutdown
The funding bill includes back pay for furloughed federal workers and allocates $153 billion for defense and veterans programs, ending disruptions in key federal services.
- The House passed a funding bill with a vote of 222-209, ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted 43 days.
- President Trump is expected to sign the bill, which will return federal workers to their jobs with backpay and fund critical services until January 30.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson stated, 'Shutting down the government never produces anything,' emphasizing bipartisan support for the bill.
- Democrats expressed frustration that the bill did not include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits, which they deemed essential for constituents.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to pass a bill ending a 43-day government shutdown.
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The U.S. President promulgated the text ending the shutdown, following its adoption by Congress, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
Trump signed the law on the resumption of government funding.
Trump signs U.S. government funding bill, ending 43-day shutdown
The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families.
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