The disgraceful Democrat Shutdown over, for now

Trump signs funding bill to end historic government shutdown

Yesterday, President Trump signed a government funding bill to officially end the (Schumer Shutdown), the longest shutdown in history after 43 days.

Trump signed legislation in the Oval Office, where he placed blame for the shutdown on Democrats while surrounded by Republicans lawmakers and other GOP officials.

“Today we are sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion, because that’s what it was,” Trump said.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and other lawmakers joined Trump in the Oval Office. Republican megadonor Ken Griffin and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) , who now leads an airline lobbying group, were also in the room.

The Senate voted earlier this week, 60-40, to pass a bill to fund military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through Sept. 30, and the rest of government through Jan. 30. Eight Democrats joined with 52 Republicans to meet the 60-vote threshold and send the bill to the House.

The House passed the bill on Wednesday in its first chamber-wide vote in nearly two months. The vote in the lower chamber was 222-209, with six Democrats joining all but two Republicans to support the measure.

The bill reverses widespread layoffs of federal employees the White House sought to carry out during the shutdown, and it includes protections to prevent future layoffs until early next year, at the earliest.

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