The US House of Representatives is due to vote on a resolution package to end the shutdown. Photo: EPA PHOTO

The US House of Representatives has taken a procedural step toward ending the longest government shutdown in US history on Wednesday, advancing a stopgap funding package to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.

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The Republican-controlled chamber on Wednesday voted 213-209 to move towards a final vote on the measure, with President Donald Trump's support largely keeping his party together

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