Trump Agrees To Short-Term Deal Ending Federal Shutdown
WASHINGTON (CBS SF/AP) -- Yielding to growing pressure, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders reached an agreement on a short-term deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president's demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said in remarks from the Rose Garden.
Overnight and into Friday at least five Republican senators had been calling Trump, urging him to reopen the government and have the Senate consider his request for border wall funds through regular legislation, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to discuss the private talks publicly.
