US President Donald Trump says he has come to an agreement with Congressional leaders to reopen the federal government on a short-term basis without the funding he has demanded for a wall along the US -Mexican border. In remarks at the White House on January 25, Trump said he would sign a short-term funding bill that will run through February 15 to end the partial government shutdown, now in its 35th day. Trump continued to push the need for a border wall, and said any permanent deal after February 15 would have to include funding for a wall or he would shut down the government again or declare a national emergency to address the matter. Trump said that as part of the deal there would be a commitment by Democratic and Republican lawmakers to “in good faith” debate border security in the three weeks leading up to the expiration of the funding. “I am very proud to announce we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government,” Trump said. “I am asking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put the proposal on the floor of the Senate immediately,” he said, adding that he would seek to have federal workers receive their back pay “as soon as possible.” The short-term deal, if finalized, would end the longest shutdown in US history, eclipsing a 21-day closure in the 1990s under President Bill Clinton.
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