The House and Senate quickly passed legislation allowing closed parts of the government to reopen through Feb. 15, and the bill was headed for Trump’s desk Friday night for his signature.
The Senate, followed by the House, passed the measure by voice vote, and Trump has pledged to sign it.
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The measure ends the longest shutdown in American history, which began on Dec. 22 after Trump said he would not sign spending bills that do not include funding for a southern border wall, which Democrats oppose.
Both chambers Friday also approved resolutions creating a House-Senate bipartisan conference committee to work out a deal on Homeland Security funding that will include money to shore up the nation’s border.
Trump said Friday if the talks don’t yield funding for the wall, he’ll allocate money unilaterally.
Republican lawmakers pressured Trump into backing away from his vow not to sign any bill unless it included wall money.
Polls showed the public largely blamed Trump or Trump and Republicans together, and the shutdown was having an increasingly negative impact on government services. More than 800,000 federal workers were poised to miss a second paycheck and by Friday, airports were reporting significant delays due to unpaid air traffic controllers calling in sick.
