Senate Votes To Reopen Government After Trump Agrees To End Shutdown
The Senate on Friday afternoon easily advanced a three-week funding bill to fully reopen the federal government hours after President Trump agreed to end the shutdown without securing money for a border wall.
The funding legislation cleared the chamber by a voice vote. The House is also expected to pass the funding bill later Friday and send it to President Trump’s desk.
The vote came a day after the Senate rejected two proposals that would have reopened the government.
But the calculus changed on Friday as federal workers impacted by the shutdown missed their second paycheck and news of delays at major airports across the country dominated the headlines.
Trump said at the White House that they had reached a deal that would reopen the roughly quarter of the government closed by the shutdown and fund it through Feb. 15.
