From 2018 December 22 to 2019 January 25 government went into partial shutdown as President Trump refused to sign appropriations bill without $5 billion federal funding for a U.S Mexico border wall

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From 2018 December 22 to 2019 January 25 government went into partial shutdown as President Trump refused to sign appropriations bill without $5 billion federal funding for a U.S Mexico border wall

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The government partially shut down Saturday at midnight after the House and Senate failed to pass a spending bill. President Trump had insisted he would not sign any spending bill that did not include $5 billion for the border wall.
President Donald Trump signed legislation Friday to temporarily end the record long government shutdown, resolving the grueling 35-day closure but not the fight over his proposed border wall. The measure funds the government for three weeks, until Feb. 15, while lawmakers try to reach a wider deal on immigration. Both the House and Senate passed the plan by voice vote on Friday.
On Wednesday, there appeared to be bipartisan agreement to pass temporary spending bills keeping the government running at its current funding level through 8 February, which did not include the $5bn in federal funding Trump had demanded to build the wall. That bill was passed, approving $1.3bn to keep several government agencies open. The White House had signaled that it was ready to accept it. But Trump reversed course after criticism from conservative allies and broadcasters such as Rush Limbaugh, and said he would not sign a bill without wall money.
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any money for the president’s border wall. Soon after Trump announced the deal Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden, the House and Senate quickly passed legislation on voice votes to fund the government until Feb. 15 in a bid to let negotiators try to work out a larger immigration and border security compromise. Trump signed it later Friday night. The move marks a major reversal for the president, who had insisted for weeks that he wouldn’t reopen the government until lawmakers agreed to fork over more than $5 billion for the border wall.

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The government partially shut down Saturday at midnight after the House and Senate failed to pass a spending bill. President Trump had insisted he would not sign any spending bill that did not include $5 billion for the border wall.

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President Donald Trump signed legislation Friday to temporarily end the record long government shutdown, resolving the grueling 35-day closure but not the fight over his proposed border wall. The measure funds the government for three weeks, until Feb. 15, while lawmakers try to reach a wider deal on immigration. Both the House and Senate passed the plan by voice vote on Friday.

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On Wednesday, there appeared to be bipartisan agreement to pass temporary spending bills keeping the government running at its current funding level through 8 February, which did not include the $5bn in federal funding Trump had demanded to build the wall. That bill was passed, approving $1.3bn to keep several government agencies open. The White House had signaled that it was ready to accept it. But Trump reversed course after criticism from conservative allies and broadcasters such as Rush Limbaugh, and said he would not sign a bill without wall money.

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