by Misty Severi
The resolution will keep the entire government funded through Jan. 30.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signed a continuing resolution at the White House that ends the record-breaking 42-day federal government shutdown.
The Senate passed the resolution on Monday and the House passed it earlier Wednesday evening. The resolution will keep the entire government funded through Jan. 30, and extends funding for military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and Congress beyond that, through Sept. 30.
Trump slammed Democrats for causing the shutdown by refusing to go along with a clean continuing resolution for over a month, and urged voters to remember the party responsible for causing the six-week-long chaos during next year's midterms.
"Republicans never wanted a shutdown and voted 15 times for a clean continuation of funding," Trump said. "The Democrats shutdown has inflicted massive harm ... So I just want to tell the American people, you should not forget this when we come up to midterms and other things. Don't forget what they've done to our country."
The resolution gives backpay to many federal workers and reinstates employees who were fired during the shutdown, but does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies despite it having been a key Democratic demand in the shutdown. The subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year.
Trump said that the government should never be shut down again and urged Congress to eliminate the filibuster.
"So with my signature, the federal government will now resume normal operations, and my administration and our partners in Congress will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety, grow our economy and make America affordable again, for all Americans again," the president declared.
Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.
Source: https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-signs-resolution-ends-record-42-day-government-shutdown
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