The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Wednesday, Day 43 -- but there's still no timeline of when major flight cuts and cancellations will ease up, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday, speaking at a press conference from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

"I don't want to be Chicken Little for you all," Duffy said. "I'm going to give you what I see. So if the government doesn't open, if the House doesn't do its job ... I'm going to tell you we are not going to get to Thanksgiving."

A bipartisan bill to end the government shutdown now heads to the House, two days after the Senate passed the measure with support from eight Democrats and the backing of President Donald Trump.

The vote is expected to happen Wednesday evening, when t

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