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Nancy Pelosi elected Speaker as Democrats vote to end shutdown with 'nothing' for Donald Trump's border wall
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New House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has branded the wall "an immorality". US House Democrats challenge Trump on shutdown
The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to end a partial government shutdown - but the move looks certain to be vetoed by President Donald Trump.
US Democrats have voted to end the partial government shutdown without providing US$5 billion in funding for President Donald Trump's promised border wall.
Mr Trump has said he will reject any measure that does not provide funding for his proposed US-Mexico border wall.
New House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has branded the wall "an immorality".
The measures also require the approval of the Republican-run Senate - but senators have already ruled this out.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans there would not back measures that Mr Trump did not support and called the Democrats' move a "total nonstarter" and a "political sideshow".
The partial US government shutdown began when Congress and Mr Trump failed to reach an agreement over a budget bill in December.
Mr Trump's Republicans had passed an initial funding bill including $5bn for the wall, when they still had a majority in the House, but they could not get the necessary 60 votes in the 100-seat Senate.
