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U.S. Government Shutdown Agreement Reached, Covering the Next Three Weeks

posted by takyon on Friday January 25 2019, @10:22PM   
from the we're-safe...-for-now... dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Senate Passes Short-Term Deal To Reopen Government, With Trump's Endorsement

President Trump has endorsed a bipartisan deal that would end the 35-day partial government shutdown. The three-week stopgap funding measure would reopen shuttered agencies while negotiations continue.

Trump announces deal to lift shutdown

President Donald Trump has endorsed a deal to reopen the US government for three weeks, after a record-breaking shutdown of federal agencies.

But the pact does not include any money that Mr Trump has demanded for a US-Mexico border wall.

See also: Dem senator unveils 'Stop STUPIDITY Act' to prevent all shutdowns
White House: 'Large down payment' on wall could end government shutdown
35 ways the shutdown is affecting America

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• Re:Wimp (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @11:22PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 25 2019, @11:22PM (#792090)

  Its just training for the future.

  Those people are getting a second chance to save some money for next time the government gets shut down (in a few weeks but also later this year).

  Trump has managed to put the collapse in slow motion: eventually they will be furloughed for 2 months every year, then 3, etc until they start getting new jobs. This is actually a genius way to go about it unwinding the mess.

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