PHOENIX – The U.S. House will send a government shutdown-ending bill to President Donald Trump’s desk by Wednesday night “if everything goes well,” Arizona U.S. Rep. David Schweikert said Tuesday morning.

“We’ll all be getting on airplanes today, which is going to be a lot of fun. I was thinking of giving ginormous hugs to the TSA agents,” Schweikert, a Republican, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News.

On Monday night, the Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until late January after five moderate Democrats switched their positions to reach the required 60-vote threshold. Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego were among the majority of Democrats who continued their opposition.

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