House Sets Final Vote To End Government Shutdown After Bill to Restart Funding Clears Key Hurdle

New York Post

The House of Representatives will vote Wednesday evening on ending the longest government shutdown in US history after a bill to fund all federal operations through Jan. 30 cleared the powerful Rules Committee along party lines.

The lower chamber of Congress is expected to narrowly approve the measure, sending it to President Trump’s desk and effectively ending a funding lapse that has left millions of Americans without food stamp benefits and snarled air travel nationwide.

Lawmakers on the rules panel debated the bill for more than six hours Tuesday night, finally wrapping up their deliberations shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Read More at the New York Post