The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the short term spending bill needed to re-open the government. President Trump was expected to sign it within the hour.

The bill passed 222-209 shortly after 8:15.

It had no support from the five members of Connecticut’s House delegation: U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-CT-1), Joe Courtney (D-CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-3), Jim Himes (D-CT-4) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5).

The group was among the many Democrats disappointed by the fact that rising healthcare costs were not addressed in the bill.

“Amid a cost of living crisis, more than 20 million Americans will have to pay double, even triple their monthly insurance premiums in just a matter of weeks, and this bill leaves families without even a glimmer of hope that their costs might go down,”

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