Speaker Johnson calls House members back to DC to approve Senate-backed funding bill

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has called the House back into session to take the final step to end the longest U.S. government shutdown ever.
Votes are expected to get started by 4 p.m. Wednesday, after swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., acccording to the New York Post.
It is expected to be a strict party line vote.
“House Democrats will strongly oppose any legislation that does not decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN on Tuesday.
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