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Speaking from the Oval Office during the signing ceremony on Wednesday (local time), President Trump accused the Democrats of causing the prolonged impasse terming it an attempt to “extort American taxpayers”.

“For the past 43 days, Democrats in Congress shut down the government of the United States in an attempt to extort American taxpayers for hundreds of billions of dollars for illegal aliens. Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion,” Trump said.

This came moments after the US House of Representatives approved the funding package, following weeks of bitter political deadlock over an Obamacare-related programme opposed by Republicans.

The bill was earlier passed by the US Senate this week. The House of Representatives later passed the

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