Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) projected confidence Wednesday ahead of a House vote to end the record-long government shutdown, now in its 43rd day. “We believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight,” he told reporters. “It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end, as we said all along.” The speaker predicted that he’ll have the votes to approve the Senate-passed government funding package. “We’re very optimistic about the vote tally tonight. We think this is going to

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Tuesday that lawmakers will need to extend the Nov. 21 deadline in the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) as the government shutdown entered its 35th day, tying the record for the longest in U.S. history. “We’ve lost five weeks, so the Nov. 21 deadline no longer makes a lot of sense. So clearly, it would have to be extended,” he told reporters. “There is a conversation around what that next deadline will be.” The temporary funding measure was in

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