House returns for vote to end the government shutdown after nearly 2 months away

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House returns after eight weeks to vote on Senate’s bill to end the record shutdown.

President Trump called the measure a “very big victory.”

Democrats oppose the bill over expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.

The compromise funds key agencies through Jan. 30 and protects federal workers .

House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the Senate passed on Monday night. President Donald Trump called the measure a “very big victory,” and it’s expected to pass the Republican-led chamber. But the prospect of travel delays due to the shutdown