US shutdown over, new deadline looms -The
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President Donald Trump has signed a temporary funding bill ending a nearly
three-day government shutdown, capping off deadlock and reinstating funds for a
fortnight, a senior official said.
The
federal government is expected to be back in business on Tuesday. Thousands of
federal employees who had been placed on temporary, unpaid leave since
Saturday, breathed a sigh of relief, the BBC reported.
Late on
Monday, the Democratic leadership agreed to back the bill after accepting
promises from Republicans for a debate later "on the future of young
illegal immigrants". This stopgap funding will expire on February 8.
The
House and the Senate voted Monday to end the government shutdown, extending
funding for three weeks, following a deal reached between Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The
House passed the continuing resolution 266-159, with 36 more yes votes than the
four-week resolution they passed last week, after the Senate earlier passed the
bill by an 81-18 margin.
However,
key issues remained unresolved, the CNN said.
This
so-called continuing resolution keeps the government funded until the second
week of February in the hope that the Congress could reach a longer-term budget
agreement in the meantime.
Trump
took a swipe at the Democrats as he signed the bill: "I am pleased that
the Democrats in the Congress have come to their senses. We will make a
long-term deal on immigration if, and only if, it is good for our
country."
McConnell
said his party had "come to an arrangement" to negotiate on their
calls for an immigration deal. Democrats want protections from deportation for
so-called Dreamers -- more than 700,000 young immigrants brought to the US as
children.
But
Republicans had insisted no agreement was possible while the federal government
services were closed.
This
was the fourth temporary measure since October 2017, because Capitol Hill
cannot agree on a longer-term budget, the media said.
The
Democrats would still want something tangible on DACA (Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals program) but it was problematic because it could run into
the February 8 funding deadline, Republican Senator Jeffry Lane Flake said.
Democrats
voiced scepticism and some liberal groups were infuriated by the agreement to
reopen the government.
Possible
Democratic 2020 presidential candidates in the Senate - Elizabeth Warren,
Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris - all voted
against Monday's bill.
On
Twitter, "Democrats CAVED" was trending on Monday evening.
Schumer
accused Trump of failing to help reach a deal. "The great deal-making
President sat on the sidelines," he said.
But
many have expressed dissatisfaction with Schumer's handling of the shutdown,
which began on midnight on Friday.The
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