The White House committed in writing Wednesday that President Donald Trump will sign the bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history once the House passes it.
In a statement of administration policy, the Trump administration urged every lawmaker to back the measure, which would reopen the government through Jan. 30 and fund some federal agencies through next September. The House is expected to vote Wednesday evening to clear the legislation for Trump’s signature, after the Senate passed the package Monday night.
Even as the White House encouraged House lawmakers to vote in support of the bipartisan measure, the administration took partisan swipes in the official memo, claiming that the funding lapse was “forced upon the American people by congressional Democrats.”
