The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on Wednesday night, after six House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a funding package in a narrow 222-209 vote.

Since government funding lapsed, the GOP has fallen in the polls and lost at the ballot box. But shutdown history shows the party can turn it around before the midterms.

The House returns Wednesday to vote on a spending package to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history — an outcome widely viewed as a Republican victory over Democrats, who are now

Members of the House from Illinois voted along party lines as Congress passed a government funding package to end the shutdown.

Alex Funk, political director of College Democrats, expressed hope that there wouldn’t be further shutdowns. “I'm hopeful that we can keep coming to bipartisan agreements to keep the government open, but you never know. Today's politics are a crazy world,” she said.

The survey also found that the shutdown has sharpened public concern over the government’s ability to deliver essential services.

The extremists in the other party insisted on creating the longest government shutdown in American history, and they did it purely for political reasons,” Trump said, surrounded by House Republicans.

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Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva said she would sign a petition to force a vote on the Epstein files as soon as she is sworn in.