Federal government shutdown ends
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Trump’s signature, which restores funding that has been frozen or halted for weeks, came shortly after the House voted to send him the measure.
The government shutdown is over. But hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 days to anything but normalcy, employees from across the country told CNN.
President Trump signed the bill into law in the Oval Office after the House voted to pass the funding measure earlier in the evening.
After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay.
President Trump signed a government funding package at the White House late Wednesday, formally ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
President Donald Trump signed legislation late Wednesday to reopen the federal government, hours after the House of Representatives voted 222–209 to approve a funding package. The move ends weeks of disruption that left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay and shuttered key services, from food assistance programs to national parks.
President Donald Trump late Wednesday signed a funding package to reopen the federal government, officially bringing a close to the longest shutdown in history.
President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.
Federal employees are returning to work. Museums are reopening. Food assistance will resume. Flight delays could ease — though not immediately.
President Trump signed legislation ending the shutdown, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
Health and Human Services directed its employees to plan to report to work on Thursday morning if legislation to fund the government passes.