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House Official: Funding Bill and Senate

house official: A White House official said Monday evening that Trump then signed the bill, which was a product chiefly of negotiations among Senate leaders, according to CBC. Trump appears unyielding on Mexican wall, despite chief of staff's comments The House approved the funding bill by a vote of 266-150 just hours after it passed the Senate by a vote of 81-18. The fourth temporary funding bill since October easily passed the Senate and the House of Representatives. Trump's attempts to negotiate an end to the shutdown with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer collapsed on Friday in recriminations and finger-pointing. I am pleased that Democrats in Congress have come to their senses, Trump said in a statement earlier on Friday. The Republican president took a new swipe at Democrats as he celebrated the Senate's pact. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.