Congress votes to end US shutdown, sends bill to Trump

The package cleared the House by a vote of 266 to 150, hours after Senate Democrats dropped their opposition to the plan after winning GoP assurances of a vote on immigration in the coming weeks.
In this file photo, with no apparent indications of a breakthrough in the Senate to avoid a government shutdown, the Capitol is illuminated in Washington. | AP
In this file photo, with no apparent indications of a breakthrough in the Senate to avoid a government shutdown, the Capitol is illuminated in Washington. | AP

WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives followed the Senate in approving a temporary funding bill that clears the way to ending a three-day government shutdown triggered by feuding over immigration policy.

The stopgap bill, which in addition to funding the government through February 8 also reauthorizes a popular children's health insurance program, now heads to the White House where President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law.

The package cleared the House by a vote of 266 to 150, hours after Senate Democrats dropped their opposition to the plan after winning Republican assurances of a vote on immigration in the coming weeks.

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