The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as today , Day 43, after Speaker Mike Johnson called House representatives back into session after a nearly eight-week absence.

The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the Senate passed on Monday night. President Donald Trump called the measure a “very big victory,” and it’s expected to pass the Republican-led chamber. The prospect of travel delays due to the shutdown could complicate the vote, but Johnson said the GOP was “very optimistic” about the outcome.

The House has not been in legislative session since Sept. 19. Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans did their job.

Yet even as the possibility of an end to the

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