After the Senate passed a package of bills to end the longest federal shutdown in history on Monday, all eyes turned to the House.
Speaker Mike Johnson told members to hurry up and get back to Washington, and later this week they’ll vote on reopening the government — the first vote the chamber has taken since Sept. 19.
“We look forward to the government reopening this week so Congress can get back to our regular legislative session. We have a lot of business to do, as you all know. And we will be working in earnest,” Johnson told reporters on Monday. “There’ll be long days and long nights here for the foreseeable future to make up for all this lost time that was imposed upon us.”