Скачать или смотреть U.S. House returns to vote on ending the government shutdown after nearly 2 months away

The longest government shutdown in history could conclude, after Speaker Mike Johnson called House representatives back into session following a nearly eight-week absence. https://bit.ly/4nQeYGI

The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the Senate passed on Monday night. President Donald Trump called the measure a “very big victory,” and it’s expected to pass the Republican-led chamber. The prospect of travel delays due to the shutdown could complicate the vote, but Johnson said the GOP was “very optimistic” about the outcome.

Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.

Grijalva was sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday shortly before the House returned to session to vote on a deal to fund the federal government. The lower chamber had been away since mid-September.

Grijalva’s seating brings the partisan margin in the House to a narrow 220-214 Republican majority. She vowed to continue her father’s legacy of advocating for progressive policies on issues like environmentalism, labor rights and tribal sovereignty.

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