WASHINGTON – The Senate voted Monday to re-fund and reopen the federal government with a compromise agreement between the Republicans and Democrats. Several hours later the House of Representatives approved the three-week reprieve.
President Trump signed in Monday night.
Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney (D, NY-18), a member of the minority
Democrats, voted against the bill. “This isn’t a budget; it’s
a stalling tactic,” he said. “It doesn’t do anything
to solve the long-term issues that should have been addressed in September
and continues to hurt our military because it fails to provide the funding
the Defense Department needs to plan for the future.”
The US Military Academy at West Point, which was under furlough since last Saturday, issued a memo Tuesday night stating that “all leaders, and supervisors should make every effort to contact all furloughed employees and inform them to return to normal duty beginning on 23 January 2018.” It said that all furloughed employees, regardless of if they are contacted or not, should report back to work on Tuesday “or at their next normally scheduled work period.”
Still to be resolved by Congress and the President are the issues of immigration, DACA, and the budget.
Ulster County signs lease at iPark 87
May 13, 2024
