House passes bill to end partial government shutdown
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Even though the bill passed in the Senate, it still needs approval from the House, which won't be back in session until Monday. This could mean the government will be partially shutdown temporarily through the weekend until the House can vote on the legislation.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a spending package into law Tuesday that reauthorizes the FDA’s previously stalled rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program, among other initiatives, while ending a three-day partial government shutdown.
Congress narrowly passed the final spending package, averting a prolonged shutdown amid fierce debate over homeland security funding following fatal Minnesota shootings.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly passed a compromise spending bill that will end the brief partial government shutdown and could set the stage to rein in President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant operation that has roiled the nation.