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Government Shutdown Comes to Temporary End. But What Happens Next?

January 26, 2019

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″ el_class=”section section1″][vc_column_text]Trump has just announced a deal to temporarily put an end to the government shutdown that has been considered one of the longest ever.

Speaking from the White House, Trump said that this temporary end would let the unpaid federal employees (nearly 800,00 of them) have a chance to catch up on their bills.

This temporary deal has an expiration date of Feb. 15.

Here’s what can be expected:

Today the shutdown is expected to end.

The bill passed by Senate that goes to the house for additional approval allowed the government to be reopened this afternoon.

Once the House votes then the bill goes to Trump for his signature.

Trump has agreed to sign and has also called for a showing of bipartisanship in order to end the impasse over the border wall’s funding.

Funding for wall is not part of deal

President Trump agreed to reopen the federal government, but there was no funding for the wall included as a part of this deal.

The parts of the federal government that were shut down will be allowed to reopen for three weeks.

However, the issue of the money requested for the southern border wall isn’t disappearing. In fact, President Trump is giving lawmakers until February 15^th to compromise on some sort of border security.

State of the Union?

Since President Trump’s State of the Union address was postponed as a result of the government shutdown, does that change things?

According to Nancy Pelosi, who Trump has had a bitter back-and-forth with, the State of the Union has not been planned yet because she had told him that when the government was reopened they would discuss a mutually agreeable date.

Since lawmakers now have 21 days to negotiate a deal, it’s not really clear exactly what could happen next.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”25135″ img_size=”292×285″ style=”vc_box_shadow”][/vc_column][/vc_row]