Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government

President Trump signed a spending package in the Oval Office that reopened major parts of the government and provided short-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill passed the House on a bipartisan 217 to 214 vote, and lawmakers from both chambers gathered in the Oval Office after the vote.

Under the deal, funding for the Department of Homeland Security lasts just through the end of next week, creating a new funding cliff. Congressional leaders and the White House now have roughly 10 days to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement before regular DHS funding would lapse.

The vote followed an 11-day spending fight that intensified after the fatal shooting of an American citizen by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, which complicated earlier bipartisan negotiations. Senate Democrats have tied additional homeland security money to limits on immigration agents, including proposals on masks, body cameras, roving patrols, warrants and use-of-force policies.

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