Photo: AFPWashington: President Donald Trump signed a government spending bill on Monday evening that ends a three-day partial shutdown, a White House official said. The impasse broke after Senate Democrats accepted a deal from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that will fund the government through 8 February. 3 Republican, said it’s unlikely Congress will be able to pass a final spending bill in three weeks and will probably need a fifth stopgap measure. The White House refused to negotiate over immigration, one of the Democrats’ central issues, while the government remained closed. Trump blamed the Democratic leader for what the White House dubbed “the Schumer Shutdown” while Schumer blamed the president for “the Trump Shutdown.” Bloomberg

Source: Mint January 23, 2018 03:00 UTC