After a 54-day break, the House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed spending deal. Approval would clear it for President Trump’s signature.

The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.

The federal government appears on track to reopen soon after the longest shutdown in history. The U.S. Senate voted on Nov. 10 to pass a funding measure and send it to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to pass. After that, it will need approval from President Donald Trump.

The House moves to end the historic 42-day government shutdown as the Rules Committee prepares to vote on Senate funding bill.

The bipartisan agreement would fully reopen the federal government until Jan. 30. It includes no guarantees to renew a pandemic-era set of Affordable Care Act subsidies, whose expiration at the end of the year is expected to hike Americans' health insurance premiums, an issue Democrats had held out for.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson accused top Democrats of putting politics before Americans in need after Congress voted to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown.