(RollCall)
The longest partial government shutdown in history is over.
The White House announced Friday evening that President Donald Trump had signed a short-term spending measure that will re-open the government for three weeks.
The announcement from the White House came hours after the House on Friday evening passed a continuing resolution to re-open the government for three weeks, following Senate passage earlier that afternoon.
The measure, which passed the Senate by voice vote and the House by unanimous consent.
Trump said during remarks in the Rose Garden Friday afternoon that he would sign the CR, which will reopen government through Feb. 15.
“I hope the experience of the last 35 days has taught us that we should never repeat this exercise of shutting down government again,” House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer said on the floor as the House voted.
The House and Senate also agreed to motions to go to conference on a Homeland Security spending measure to debate border security in hopes of finding agreement in the next three weeks before the CR expires. Read more
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