Trump acknowledges signing the law for the longest shutdown in American history.

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

Arab Sea - Follow-ups: U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, about two hours after the House of Representatives voted to resume food aid, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers, and restart the air traffic control system. The Republican-controlled House passed the package by a vote of 222 to 209, with the support of Trump, who largely maintained his party's cohesion in the face of strong opposition from Democrats. With Trump signing the bill, which the Senate approved earlier in the week, federal employees will return to work starting Thursday after a 43-day shutdown, but it remains unclear how quickly full government services and operations will resume. The law will extend funding until January 30, leaving the federal government on a path that will add about $1.8 trillion annually to its $38 trillion debt. The end of the shutdown gives essential air travel services in particular a respite to recover as the Thanksgiving holiday season approaches and is only two weeks away. Food aid to millions of families will also resume, allowing citizens to spend as the pre-Christmas shopping season begins. Ending the shutdown also means the resumption of key economic data releases in the coming days. However, a permanent gap in the data is likely to occur, as the White House said that the October jobs report and consumer price index may never be released. According to estimates by a number of economists, the shutdown cut more than a tenth of a percentage point from GDP in each week of the nearly six-week shutdown period, but most of this lost output is expected to be made up in the coming months.