House Democrats to Vote on Ending Shutdown as They Take Majority

The plan is to pass two separate bills, one reopening eight departments -- which have been closed since Dec. 22 -- through September 2019 and another temporarily reopening the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 8, two House Democratic aides said Monday.The partial government shutdown is an unwelcome gift for the new Congress, which opens Jan. 3 with the House and Senate politically split.