After 54 days without voting, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, gaveled in the chamber on the afternoon of Nov. 12. Johnson oversaw the longest recess of its kind, ceasing nearly all House activities as part of a political tactic to pressure Senate Democrats to reopen the government.

Democrats did th political equivalent of kneeling on the ball at the one-yard line and it had nothing to do with helping you.

The Senate-passed bill to end the record-long government shutdown moved to the full House for a final vote after a key House panel advanced it early Wednesday.

The end of the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown is in sight, which means official economic data will soon be forthcoming. But even if investors and the Federal Reserve are breathing a sigh of relief,

South Dakota's senators voted for a deal that appears poised to reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to reopen and fund the federal government Wednesday night, ending the longest government shutdown in American history.