Trump Plans to End Shutdown
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democrats like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are threatening to buck the Senate's deal to end a government shutdown. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) The Senate's compromise to end the ongoing partial government shutdown survived an important hurdle on Monday night, teeing up the legislation for a vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most bills get a chamberwide vote, advanced the upper chamber's deal with the White House with little internal discord among Republicans on the panel. But the measure could face issues on the House floor during a second procedural hurdle called a "rule vote," which needs a simple majority of lawmakers to unlock debate and a vote on final passage. House votes normally fall along partisan lines, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will n...