Is over, for now at least. It lasted three days and kept hundreds of thousands of federal workers at home today. Its over because the senate has agreed to a short term spending bill. President donald trump has responded to the deal via his press secretary, sarah sanders. Were pleased to see senator schumer accept the deal that President Trump put on the deal from the beginning. A statement from the president of the United States that i quote, im pleased that democrats have come to their senses and are willing to fund oui their senses and are willing to fund our great military, Border Patrol and insurance for vulnerable children. We will work to solve the issue of unfair illegal immigration. We will make a deal if and only if it is good for our country. The democrats agreed to this deal because republicans promised to address a key immigration issue. But the fall out continues about why this shutdown ever happened. Heres the most senior democratic senator blaming the president. The grea
Welcome to the programme. The us senate has agreed to postpone a vote on ending the Us Government shutdown to noon on monday thats i7oogmt. The vote will be on a stopgap spending measure. But in the meantime, the federal government will remain closed as the working week begins. The failure of the majority republicans and minority democrats to Reach Agreement on friday meant that much of the federal government shut up shop, with hundreds of thousands of federal employees facing uncertainty as monday morning approaches. Both sides are blaming each other with divisions over military spending and immigration policy. Our correspondent david willis gave me the latest from washington. There was to have been a vote in the early hours of monday morning, duncan, which has now been postponed. Members of the senate are heading home and they come back onto the floor of the Senate Chamber at 10am, and there will be a vote at midday. Basically, the republicans are offering funding of an olive branch
This is the news live from london coming up in the program us democrats a republican strike a stop gap deal to reopen the government three days into a shutdown. Angry scenes in the knesset Israeli Palestinian politicians disrupt the u. S. Vice president s speech and the American Embassy will meet to jerusalem as early as next year. Expands its offensive in Northern Syria and says russia agreed to the operation. Former football star george will is sworn in as liberias president promising to crack down on corruption crippling his country. And im. Sure the strike a lexus sanchez has completed his transfer from austin into majesty united with him to make italian going the other way on that. So the politicians of the United States have reached an agreement to end the federal shutdown which came into effect at midnight on friday not essential Government Services have been closed across the United States for three days senate since from Donald Trumps Republican Party and the opposition democr
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But not for long. Congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a 3 day shutdown. Its now been signed by President Trump to allow government to function for another 2. 5 weeks. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. The motion is agreed to. This was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to reopen. The scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. In return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. Assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, Border Security and related issues. Democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the young people brought here illegally as children whose temporary permits start to expire in march. What they got is agreement to vote on this and other immigration matters in febr