US House set for crunch vote on ending historic government shutdown

BBC:

A budget that would end the longest shutdown in US history is heading to the House of Representatives for a crunch vote on Wednesday.

On day 42 of the impasse, representatives are returning to Washington to decide whether to approve a Senate package that would fund federal agencies for two months.

Republican leadership expressed confidence the spending plan would clear the lower chamber of Congress, despite their narrow majority. But top Democrats vowed to oppose it.

President Donald Trump has indicated he will sign it into law. “We’re opening up our country,” he said on Tuesday at a Veterans Day event in Arlington, Virginia. “Should have never been closed.”