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Trump signs stopgap funding bill with CHIP funding, tax delays
The deal to break through the Senate stalemate over immigration and border security that shut down the government is a bare-bones accord. It provides temporary funding to keep the government operating for just under three weeks.
Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a stopgap spending measure. In return, Senate Republican leaders promised to soon take up immigration and other prickly issues.
A look at what the deal has and doesn’t have:
WHAT’S IN THE DEAL
—Short-term funding for the government through Feb. 8. The Republicans had been insisting on longer, at least a month.
—The long-delayed, six-year renewal of a popular health insurance program for children in low-income families. The program known as CHIP became an unshakeable pillar for the Republicans throughout the budget drama, and Democrats were hard-pressed to reject such a universally accepted plan.
Trump signs stopgap funding bill with CHIP funding, tax delays
The deal to break through the Senate stalemate over immigration and border security that shut down the government is a bare-bones accord. It provides temporary funding to keep the government operating for just under three weeks.
Senate Democrats dropped their objections to a stopgap spending measure. In return, Senate Republican leaders promised to soon take up immigration and other prickly issues.
A look at what the deal has and doesn’t have:
WHAT’S IN THE DEAL
—Short-term funding for the government through Feb. 8. The Republicans had been insisting on longer, at least a month.
—The long-delayed, six-year renewal of a popular health insurance program for children in low-income families. The program known as CHIP became an unshakeable pillar for the Republicans throughout the budget drama, and Democrats were hard-pressed to reject such a universally accepted plan.