"Earlier on Tuesday, the House of Representatives had approved the package in a close vote of 217-214. The upper chamber of the US Congress, the Senate, had already given its approval last week. "This bill is a great victory for the American people," Trump said of the legislation, which was held up by Democratic opposition to funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for the controversial operations by federal agencies targeting migrants."
"The approval of the budget package secures funding for most of the government apparatus until the end of September, with the exception of the DHS. As a compromise solution, the package provides the department with only temporary transitional funding until February 13. What do we know about the latest shutdown? Funding for government agencies expired on Saturday when Congress failed to act in time to avert a shutdown. So far, the shutdown has not resulted in major disruptions to government services. Last week, Trump negotiated a spending deal with Senate Democrats."
President Donald Trump signed a budget package that ended the partial shutdown of government operations. The House approved the bill 217-214 after the Senate had already passed it. The package secures funding for most federal agencies until the end of September, while providing the Department of Homeland Security with temporary funding through February 13. Democrats sought new limits on immigration enforcement after federal agents killed two US citizens in Minneapolis. The administration agreed to deploy body cameras for immigration agents in Minnesota. The previous 43-day shutdown furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers and cost the US economy an estimated $11 billion (9.3 billion).
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