The United States Congress approved the federal funding package to reopen the government after a record 43-day shutdown. The bill has now been sent to US President Donald Trump for his signature. As per the White House, the US President will be signing the funding bill on camera from the Oval Office. This measure is likely to end the longest-ever government shutdown in US history, following weeks of bitter political deadlock over an Obamacare-related programme opposed by Republicans.

 

 

After the bill was passed by the US Senate earlier this week, the US House of Representatives passed the funding bill by a vote of 222 to 209, with nearly all Republicans and a handful of Democrats voting in favour. The legislation ensures that government operations resume immediately and sets up a new funding deadline of January 30, next year.