Washington — Michigan members of Congress expressed relief Friday that federal employees would return to work after President Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen shuttered…
Washington — Michigan members of Congress expressed relief Friday that federal employees would return to work after President Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen shuttered government departments for three weeks.
After insisting for more than a month on $5.7 billion for a border wall, Trump said he would sign a short-term deal with no wall funding to reopen the government and give lawmakers time to negotiate on border security.
“If we don’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on Feb. 15, again, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and Constitution of the United States to address this emergency,“ Trump said at the White House.
Freshman Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, said „good riddance.“
“The president’s shutdown achieved nothing, but caused a lot of harm to working families, veterans and some of America’s most vulnerable,“ Levin said.
“This shutdown should never have happened in the first place, but I’m hopeful that this is finally the end.“
Nationwide, roughly 800,000 federal employees were furloughed or forced to work without pay during the record-setting shutdown.
