Congress Votes to End Shutdown as Trump Capitulates to Pelosi

Federal employees will return to work after Trump signs bill
Pact to negotiate border security to end shutdown at 35 days

Nancy Pelosi signs a deal to end a partial government shutdown on Jan. 25.Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

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By Laura Litvan, Erik Wasson, Jennifer Jacobs, and Anna Edgerton

January 25, 2019 at 9:38 PM UTC

Updated on

January 26, 2019 at 12:45 AM UTC

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Congress voted to end the 35-day partial government shutdown after President Donald Trump capitulated to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and agreed to reopen federal agencies without any guarantee of money for his proposed border wall.

The Senate and House voted unanimously on Friday to reopen the agencies through Feb. 15 while lawmakers negotiate on a border security plan. Once Trump signs the legislation, hundreds of thousands of federal employees can return to work and get back pay dating to the beginning of the impasse, on Dec. 22.