Likely end of government shutdown in sight as House lawmakers poised to clear final hurdles
The House of Representatives appears to be on a glide path to ending the longest government shutdown in history, with
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Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., on the Senate shutdown deal and the division it caused
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Sen. Fetterman slams Democrats for shutting down government
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