Longest-Ever Government Shutdown Ends – KXL

WASHINGTON, DC – The longest federal government shutdown in the U.S. history is finally over.

On  Wednesday night, the House of Representatives passed a funding measure to end the shutdown, on a vote of 222 to 209, and President Donald Trump signed it into the law a short time later.

Before the House vote, Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the prolonged standoff.

“They admitted they were using the American people as leverage in this political game,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “They knew it would cause pain and they did it anyway. The whole exercise was pointless.  It was wrong and it was cruel.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed the bill doesn’t help Americans struggling with high costs.

“The longest shutdown in American history would rather do that than provide healthcare that’s affordable to working-class Americans, middle-class American, and hard-working American taxpayers,” said Jeffries.