US EditionTrump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a spending bill at the White House, ending the four-day partial shutdown after the House passed it 217-214.
- Negotiations for DHS funding collapsed after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, making talks politically fraught as Democrats demanded immigration enforcement reforms and conservatives pushed their priorities.
- On Friday the Senate passed a package clearing five outstanding funding bills to cover most federal agencies through September and included a two-week DHS stopgap to avert shutdown harms.
- The administration framed the deal as fiscally responsible, and Kristi Noem said on Monday that federal agents in the city would wear body cameras 'effective immediately', to be expanded nationwide.
- With the narrow 217-214 House vote, lawmakers now confront a short window to resolve DHS policy as Trump presses Republicans to end the record 43-day shutdown last summer.
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Louisiana delegation votes along party lines on budget as immigration controversy looms
WASHINGTON – Louisiana’s congressional delegation voted Tuesday along party lines on a bill to approve the funding bills that end the three-day partial federal government shutdown.
The Latest: Trump signs budget bill bringing an end to partial government shutdown
President Donald Trump has signed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown hours after the House passed the bill in a bipartisan vote. The measure funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30. It…
President Trump signs budget bill bringing an end to partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP/CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The vote wraps up congressional work on 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government until Sept. 30. But there’s one more funding fight to come. The last bill still to be wor…
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