President Donald Trump set to sign bill to end shutdown Wednesday evening
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a bill to reopen the government Wednesday evening, according to an updated schedule released by the White House.
The updated schedule states Trump will sign the spending bill to reopen government at 9:45 p.m. The House is set to vote this evening on a government spending bill approved by the. Senate on Monday.
The schedule signals the White House is expecting the vote to go through the Republican-majority chamber with few delays. Trump was also hosting a private dinner with Wall Street executives at the White House on Wednesday evening.
Laura Figueroa Hernandez is the White House correspondent and previously covered New York City politics and government. She joined Newsday in 2012 after covering state and local politics for The Miami Herald.
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