Trump signs bill to end government shutdown

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that ends the government shutdown, and provides congressional negotiators with additional time to hammer out an immigration reform package capable of passing both the House and Senate.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are expected to return to work on Tuesday morning, after spending the day Monday on furlough.
The bill funds the government for 17 days, and it funds the popular CHIP children's insurance program for six years. It does not include a permanent fix for the Obama-era DACA program, which Senate Democrats had originally demanded.
Negotiations over the bill took place almost entirely in the Senate, where on Friday night, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had been unable to reach the 60 vote threshold required to keep the government open.
But on Monday morning, the first official day of government employee furloughs, McConnell said he intends to bring DACA and other immigration issues up for debate before Feb. 8. Later, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer confirmed an agreement to reopen the government and tackle immigration within three weeks.
Trump had been largely absent from negotiations for the past three days, speaking to congressional Republicans by phone, but refusing to speak with Democrats.
Following an initial Senate vote on Monday, the president issued a statement saying he was "pleased that Democrats in Congress have come to their senses."
Trump also pledged, "once the Government is funded, my administration will work toward solving the problem of very unfair illegal immigration. We will make a long-term deal on immigration if, and only if, it is good for our country."
How such a deal might be structured, so as to have a chance of passing the Republican controlled House, is fast becoming the thorniest question in Washington D.C.


Audience:
While this may be vague, I believe this article is directed towards all American citizens, I say this because the government shutdown and reestablishment has effected everyone in the Nation and this piece serves as a heads up to what is going on with the government right this second
Reader Bias:
As a non-American I do not fully understand what a Government Shut down entails, but in many ways I am happy that it is being reopened that way we can continue forward. DACA is a large concern of mine since I am fairly pro-immigrant and feel that their should be some protection for them.
Overall Bias:
This article is biased against the shutdown, biased against the white house decisions and biased towards DACA and immigrants.
Opinion:
I am very interested to see how this lawmaking plays out since that it will for sure extend the budget for 3 weeks but what will happen after that? In my opinion the American government needs to work together more cohesively and vote accurately on this bill or else I feel that we will just reach another Budget failing and the Government will shutdown again.

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