House Speaker Johnson urged lawmakers to "immediately" return to Capitol Hill on Monday to prepare for a vote on a funding bill to end the 41-day government shutdown. The Senate has already passed the bill. Johnson said that due to the shutdown affecting air travel, members should depart early; he plans to hold a vote in the House as early as Wednesday. The bill will provide full-year funding for food assistance, agriculture, veterans, and Congress operations, and extend funding for most other federal agencies through January 30. After recessing the House for over 50 days to pressure Senate Democrats, Johnson claimed this shutdown was a Republican victory. He later told reporters, "I think we have enough votes" to pass the bill, and emphasized in private calls with Republican lawmakers that President Trump wants the government reopened as soon as possible and would push Republicans to unite. He also revealed that Trump is "very eager" to end the shutdown.
Democratic divisions over the shutdown agreement deepened sharply on Monday, with frustration focused on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, despite his own vote against it. It was reported that the progressive group "Our Revolution" demanded Schumer's resignation, while the centrist think tank "Third Way" criticized the deal as something "worth holding out longer," and "The Lincoln Project" condemned that "Schumer and those eight traitors betrayed America." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries supported Schumer but expressed confusion about the compromise by "a few random members." Some Democratic lawmakers who supported the deal defended it, saying that continuing the shutdown would neither stop Trump nor protect the health insurance subsidies. Independent Senator Angus King of Maine said on MSNBC, "The strategy of confronting Trump backfired, only making him more powerful." Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said on CNN, "Ending the shutdown could help advance the ObamaCare negotiations. We heard some Republican colleagues were willing to sit down and talk, so let's wait and see."
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