WASHINGTON — President Trump signed a funding bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, hours after the House of Representatives passed legislation ending the 43-day standoff.
“It’s an honor now to sign this incredible bill and get our country working again,” Trump said in the Oval Office, flanked by House Republican leaders as well as business and union leaders.
The president blasted “extremist” Democrats for shutting down the government, accusing them of attempting to “extort American taxpayers.” MORE AT The legislation will return federal workers to their jobs with backpay, reopen executive branch agencies that provide critical veterans services and benefits like food stamps and fully fund the government until at least Jan. 30.
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