House Democrats to Vote on Ending Shutdown as They Take Majority
- Here’s how the new Congress could end Trump’s shutdown fight
- Plan would reopen most closed agencies through September 2019
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House Democrats will use their new majority Thursday to vote on legislation to end the U.S. government shutdown without adding funds for President Donald Trump’s border wall, but the GOP-controlled Senate already has signaled it won’t act without White House consent.
The plan is to pass two separate bills, one -- which have been closed since Dec. 22 -- through September 2019 and another temporarily reopening the through Feb. 8.