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Members of the House of Representatives headed back to Washington on Tuesday, after a 53-day break, braving the congestion at the nation's tangled airports for a vote that could bring the longest U.S.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Nov. 12 to end the nation's longest-running government shutdown, negotiated by a small group of Democrats who broke with their party to make a deal with Republicans.
The U.S. House of Representatives aims to end the longest government shutdown by voting on a funding package to resume essential services. Eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to pass the bill, causing tension within party lines.
The House voted 222 to 209 with a slight Republican majority, approving the funding deal and sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.
The federal government appears on track to reopen soon after the longest shutdown in history. The U.S. Senate voted on Nov. 10 to pass a funding measure and send it to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass. After that, it will need approval from President Donald Trump.
When the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes on Wednesday Nov. 12 to debate and vote on legislation to end the government shutdown, Rhode Island's two Democratic representatives plan to vote no.
The U.S. government shutdown, the longest in history, nears an end as Congress moves toward a bipartisan funding compromise.
The state's two Democratic House members cited expiring health care subsidies in rejecting the spending plan that Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan helped negotiate.
Morgan Stanley's underwriting of Zijin Gold International's Hong Kong IPO placed it and its U.S. investors at risk of regulatory, financial and reputational harm, a U.S. House of Representatives committee told the bank on Thursday.
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