Trump signs bill to end longest shutdown in history
President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed a funding bill into law to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.
The bill was passed by the House of Representatives earlier Wednesday night in a 222-209 vote, hours before the shutdown was set to enter its 43rd day.
“The Democrats tried to extort our country,” Trump said before signing the bill in the Oval Office at the White House, noting that the party’s senators had blocked passage of funding until Sunday, when a bloc of the caucus agreed to support that measure.
“Republicans never wanted a shutdown,” said the president, who was flanked by Republican leaders of Congress. “People were hurt so badly.”
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