US EditionHouse Votes to End Historic Shutdown, Sending Funding Package to Trump
The budget bill passed 222-209 restores federal workers' pay and food assistance but excludes Affordable Care Act tax credit extensions, prompting Democratic opposition.
- On Nov. 12 the U.S. House of Representatives voted 222-209 to end the longest federal government shutdown, and President Trump signed the bill reopening the government.
- House Democrats refused to support the measure as most opposed it for leaving Affordable Care Act tax credits unresolved, despite late Sunday negotiations by eight Democrats in the U.S. Senate.
- By reopening the government, funding resumes for programs halted during the 43-day shutdown, ensuring paychecks for federal employees including air-traffic controllers and restoring key services.
- Vulnerable children, veterans and seniors will immediately get food assistance, while House Democrats vowed the fight for affordable health care for 660,000 Californians continues.
- The measure also contains three-year funding bills and reverses federal layoffs, yet Democratic amendments to extend ACA credits were rejected and only a half-dozen House Democrats supported the package.
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MORNING DIGEST: How reopening the government might affect you?
Good Morning, Cleveland! It's Thursday, November 13th, and here is what you need to know.How reopening the government might affect you?President Trump has signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, just hours after the House voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the package b…
How each House member voted on ending the government shutdown
By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The House on Wednesday approved a Senate-backed funding bill that would reopen the federal government, paving the way for an end to the record-setting shutdown. Almost all the House Republicans, who control the chamber with a razor-thin majority, voted together to pass the funding package, with the Democrats largely united in opposition. The measure now awaits President Donald Trump’s signature. The final tally was 22…
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