After nearly two months away from their jobs, House lawmakers are returning to vote on a deal to end the 43-day government shutdown, which is the longest in U.S. history. That vote is expected sometime this evening.

The deal, which advanced through the Senate Monday evening, would use a continuing resolution ( PDF ) to fund the Defense Department until Jan. 30. It will also unwind the more than 4,000 layoffs the Trump administration issued during the shutdown. Those reductions in force are currently paused by a federal court, Eric Katz of Government Executive reports .

Bigger picture: “[A]s the possibility of an end to the shutdown draws near, almost no one will be satisfied. Democrats didn’t get the health insurance provisions they demanded added to the spending deal,” the As

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