Trump hopes to sign bill ending record US shutdown later Wednesday: White House
President Donald Trump hopes to sign a bill ending the longest government shutdown in US history later Wednesday, after its expected passage by the Republican-led Congress, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tells reporters. The House of Representatives is expected to rubber-stamp a contentious Senate-passed funding package that will reopen federal agencies. But the Democratic base is furious over what it sees as a capitulation by its leaders. SOUNDBITE
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