Congress Votes to End Shutdown, Sending Spending Bill to Trump
- House passes measure to end three-day federal shutdown
- Stopgap measure will fund U.S. government through Feb. 8
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Congress voted to end the U.S. government shutdown after three days by passing a temporary spending bill, prolonging the fight over a politically charged immigration proposal for at least another three weeks.
The 266-150 House vote sends the measure to President Donald Trump, who is likely to sign it Monday evening. The impasse broke after Senate Democrats accepted a deal from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would fund the government through Feb. 8. In exchange, McConnell agreed to address Democratic demands that Congress quickly restore protections against deportation to young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, which advocates call "dreamers."