Anonymous ID: 650600 Jan. 25, 2019, 1:49 p.m. No.4906816   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7019 >>7138

U.S. Senate passes bill to end government shutdown through Feb. 15

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Friday to end a 35-day partial federal government shutdown with legislation to temporarily fund many agencies, but without the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump had demanded this year to help build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. The House of Representatives is expected to promptly consider the bill providing funding through Feb. 15 and send it to the president for signing into law.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-senate-vote/u-s-senate-passes-bill-to-end-government-shutdown-idUSKCN1PJ2IN?il=0

Anonymous ID: 650600 Jan. 25, 2019, 1:53 p.m. No.4906884   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6903 >>7019 >>7075 >>7138

Trump says he will declare an emergency if he doesn't reach a border deal

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he would declare a national emergency if he doesn’t eventually reach a deal with Democrats on border security.

 

Trump, who made the comments to reporters during an immigration event at the White House, said earlier on Friday he had reached a deal with lawmakers to reopen the government until Feb. 15 while they work on Trump’s demand for funding for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

 

“I think we have a good chance” of reaching an agreement, Trump said. “We’ll work with the Democrats and negotiate and if we can’t do that, then we’ll do a - obviously we’ll do the emergency because that’s what it is. It’s a national emergency,” he said.

Declaring an emergency could allow Trump to circumvent Congress and repurpose funds Congress has appropriated for other purposes in order to build a wall.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-trump-deal/trump-announces-deal-to-reopen-federal-government-through-feb-15-idUSKCN1PJ2CR?il=0