US government shutdown News
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the bill ending the longest government shutdown in US history.
The government closed on December 22, 2018 after Trump was refused funding for a southern border wall.
The partial government shutdown that started on December 22 has affected 800,000 federal employees, who have either been furloughed or are working without pay.
Trump said the impending shutdown of key parts of the federal government could last "a very long time," and he sought to blame Democrats.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened a government shutdown if the US Congress refuses to back major changes to immigration policies like establishing a merit-based system.
United States President Donald Trump on Friday signed a combined funding and budget bill that was passed by Congress hours earlier and will increase federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, bringing an end to the second government shutdown this year.
Congress voted on Monday to end a three-day U.S. government shutdown, approving another short-term funding bill as Democrats accepted promises from Republicans for a broad debate later on the future of young illegal immigrants.
The US Senate on Monday reached a deal to reopen the federal government.
The US government shutdown has left upcoming launches from NASA and space transport services company SpaceX in limbo.
The US government shutdown has been extended as the lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to end it before the beginning of the working week.
Senator Michael Bennet's suggestions are also part of a bipartisan accountability law he has tried to push.
The US government officially shut down for the first time in five years after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government running.
US President Donald Trump's administration accused the opposition Democrats of holding American citizens hostage Saturday after lawmakers failed to agree a stop-gap spending deal before a midnight deadline.
The US government officially shutdown on Friday for the first time in five years after lawmakers failed to agree on a spending deal. US President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the shutdown which comes exactly a year after he was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
The House of Representatives, working against a Friday midnight deadline, approved legislation in a 235-193 vote to fund a wide range of federal programs through Dec. 22.
Final hurdles on the massive bill were cleared when some controversial financial services provisions were removed to be dealt with separately.
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