The government will reopen on Tuesday after President Trump signed a temporary spending bill that will keep the government open until Feb. 8.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed to the Washington Examiner Trump signed the bill Monday night, after both houses in Congress approved the bill earlier in the day.
Because the deal expires in less than three weeks, Congress will face the possibility of another government shutdown shortly.
No agreement has been reached yet concerning immigration reform and protection of deportation for “Dreamers” who entered the U.S. illegally as children — provisions Democrats want included in an appropriations measure.
Many Democrats opposed the measure, including Democratic leadership.
“While today’s vote ends the Trump shutdown, it does not diminish our leverage,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on the House floor ahead of the vote. “While members may vote differently on this bill, we are unified in our determination to meet the needs of the American people with our ‘Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future.’”
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said both sides must work to secure a funding deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, while also reaching an agreement on immigration.
“This shutdown didn’t need to happen,” Ryan said. “There are no winners here today. This is not a moment to pat ourselves on the back. Not even close. We need to heed the lessons that just happened here.”
The partial government shutdown started over the weekend after most Senate Democrats and a few Republicans voted to block a temporary spending bill that would have authorized funding for the government until Feb. 16.
The last time the government entered a shutdown was in 2013 under the Obama administration.
