US President Donald Trump announced Friday a deal had been reached the reopen the US federal government, which has been deprived of funding for more than a month. The proposal would provide funding until February 15.
«I will make sure that all employees receive their backpay very quickly or as soon as possible,» Trump said in comments in front of the White House.
«A bipartisan conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers and leaders will immediately begin reviewing the requests of our homeland security experts, and experts they are, and also law enforcement professionals who have worked with us so closely,» Trump said.
