On Friday, US President Donald Trump agreed to end the longest government shutdown in US history, signing a temporary three-week budget, quickly earning the leader the online title of ‘cave man.’
The 35-day shutdown, which began on December 22,2018, was the longest in the nation’s history. Roughly 800,000 federal workers were furloughed, while thousands of others were kept on duty without pay.
Trump on Friday signed a temporary three-week budget to end the current shutdown, the White House stated on the same day.
„On Friday, January 25,2019, the President signed into law: H. J. Res. 28, the ‚Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019,‘ which includes a short-term continuing resolution that provides fiscal year 2019 appropriations through February 15,2019, for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government included in the remaining seven appropriations bills. Also included in the enrolled bill are provisions regarding retroactive pay and reimbursement, and extensions of certain authorities,“ the statement said, as previously reported by Sputnik.
