House Returns to Vote on Ending Shutdown: BGOV Tax

Nov. 12, 2025, 11:03 AM UTC

Shutdown Could End Today After House Votes

The end of the longest government shutdown in US history is finally in sight.

The House is slated to return to Washington this afternoon for the first time in nearly two months to vote on the Senate’s bipartisan deal to reopen the government.

The IRS and many other agencies would get renewed funding through Jan. 30, while some departments and Congress itself would have enough money to operate for the rest of the fiscal year.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has said he anticipates to have the votes to send the ...

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