US EditionTrump signs funding bill into law, ending record-long government shutdown
- On Wednesday, U.S. Congress moved to end the longest government shutdown, 43 days, as the House of Representatives prepared to rubber-stamp a Senate funding package to reopen federal agencies in Washington.
- For more than five weeks Democrats refused to reopen the government without extending pandemic-era Affordable Care Act tax credits, and a KFF poll last week found 74 percent supported extending them.
- Around 670,000 furloughed civil servants will return to work and more than 60,000 air traffic controllers and airport security staff will receive back pay, while the Congressional Budget Office estimates the shutdown caused $14 billion in lost growth.
- Republicans claim a short-term political win despite no clear ultimate victor, with Democrats facing backlash from their base and White House insiders doubting long-term damage to Trump.
- Patrick Sebastian warns Republicans must `work on a soft landing for health care` as a group of eight moderate Senate Democrats cut a deal offering a Senate vote on subsidies.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Congress passed a bill that puts an end to the longest government closure in history, which lasted 43 days, and came into effect with the signature of President Donald Trump.
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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.
The closure of the U.S. federal government came to an end after more than six weeks of administrative inactivity.President Donald Trump signed the funding law approved by Congress, which allowed for the resumption of operations of the affected agencies and the restoration of essential services suspended since the beginning of the budget blockade, such as the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).The details of the reopening of the U.…
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