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Under Speaker Pelosi House Passes Spending Bills to Reopen Government

The U.S. House of Representatives, just ten hours after Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker, has passed a spending bills package which would reopen the federal government. There is no funding for President Trump’s wall in those bills.
241-190: House passes 6-bill spending package to fund and reopen parts of gov’t currently shutdown until Sept 30, 2019 including State and Justice Depts, IRS and the National Zoo 7 Republicans voted Yes with all Democrats. Bill now heads to Senate. pic.twitter.com/3mQNkDw7fA
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) January 4, 2019
The bills are identical to those passed by the U.S. Senate, which will make it challenging for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to now refuse to bring it up for a vote.
If and when the Senate passes the bills, President Trump would have to sign them in order for the government to re-open. The White House has said President Trump will not sign them.
Here’s Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley’s response just now:
.@HouseDemocrats just voted to reopen the government… with the SENATE’S bills. But Mitch McConnell won’t let the Senate vote on the Senate’s own bills to protect @realDonaldTrump’s fragile ego. Sad!
End the #TrumpShutdown.
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) January 4, 2019
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