The Republican-controlled House of Representatives was set to vote as soon as Wednesday afternoon on a measure to end the government shutdown.

The GOP-led rules committee was expected to meet late Tuesday to tee up consideration of a stopgap government funding bill that was passed by the Senate with crucial support from a handful of Democrats a day earlier.

If passed and signed into law by President Trump, who says he supports it , the measure would reopen the government after the longest shutdown in history dragged on for more than six weeks.

Republicans hold a six-seat majority in the House, meaning House Speaker Mike Johnson can likely only afford to lose the votes of two GOP lawmakers to pass the measure.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), the Democratic minority leader, vow

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