WASHINGTON—The House Rules Committee in the early hours of Nov. 12 passed a motion to advance a bill to a floor vote to end the government shutdown, which is now in its 42nd day.
The tally, taken just after 1:30 a.m., was 8–4 along party lines. The package now heads to a full vote scheduled for Wednesday evening.
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) opened the hearing by noting that the package being considered—which punts funding to Jan. 30 and would fully fund three sectors of government—had been approved by a bipartisan contingent in the Senate.
Foxx also said that Democrats were to blame for the 42-day shutdown. She said in her opening remarks that Democrats should “take ownership of the chaos they’ve unleashed across the nation.”…
House Set to Vote on Bill to End Longest-Ever Shutdown
