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Trump signs US spending bill ending government shutdown
US President Donald Trump says he has signed a spending bill into law, bringing an end to the temporary government shutdown. He confirmed the move in a tweet early Friday.
“Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything – and more,” the president said.
Just signed Bill. Our Military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything — and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2018
The federal government had shut down for the second time in a month overnight, due to Senator Rand Paul delaying a senate vote on the spending bill past the midnight deadline. Paul delayed the vote in opposition to the spiraling federal budget deficit.
The Senate eventually passed the bill in the early hours of Friday morning on a 71-28 vote. The legislation was then passed by the House of Representatives at 5:30am local time, with Trump tweeting three hours later that he had signed it into law.
In a follow-up tweet, the president expressed misgivings with some aspects of the bill that the government was pushed to add in exchange for Democrat votes in congress.
Without more Republicans in Congress, we were forced to increase spending on things we do not like or want in order to finally, after many years of depletion, take care of our Military. Sadly, we needed some Dem votes for passage. Must elect more Republicans in 2018 Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2018
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