WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill to end nation’s longest government shutdown on Day 43, sending measure to Trump for his signature.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers made a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

The Senate has already passed the government funding bill. Once the House approves it, as expected, it then goes to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature. Trump has called the bill a “very big victory.”

The shutdown entered Day 43 on Wednesday. Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces and refused to

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