The House Is About to End the Shutdown

“After a tortured hour-plus vote, House Republicans cleared the key procedural hurdle to reopening the federal government,” Punchbowl News reports.

“The final vote was 217 to 215, strictly on party lines.”

“As we’ve come to expect, the floor was tense as Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer were forced to corral Republican votes for the procedural motion. With a super-thin margin of control, GOP leadership can’t afford to lose any votes.”