Speaker of the House Mike Johnson: “The Government Shutdown Will End TONIGHT!”

Later today, the House of Representatives will vote on a Senate-approved bill to finally re-open the government.

Ahead of tonight’s vote, Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes this “long national nightmare” will officially end tonight.

He also blasted Democrats for keeping the government closed so long and apologized to the American people who were affected by the foolishness.

Watch:

🚨 BREAKING: Speaker Johnson announces the government shutdown should be officially over TONIGHT, then they're moving on to important legislative business 👏

MAGA Mike HELD THE LINE!

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— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 12, 2025

🚨 BREAKING: Speaker Johnson announces the government shutdown should be officially over TONIGHT, then they’re moving on to important legislative business 👏

MAGA Mike HELD THE LINE!

“We believe the long national nightmare will be over TONIGHT! It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end.”

“I just want to apologize for Americans who still have flight cancellations or delays. Those made to go hungry. Troops and federal employees wondering when their next paycheck is coming. All of that is on the Democrats.”

“Just never forget, they voted 15 times between the House and the Senate to close your government. And the Republicans tried every single day of the shutdown to open it. And we voted 15 times to do that.”

“They have a lot to answer for. And I just want to say that we’re very optimistic about the vote tally tonight. We think this is going to happen. And we’re sorry that it took this long.”

“So, Republicans are going to deliver for the people. We’re ready to get back to our legislative agenda. We have a very aggressive calendar for the remainder of this year.”

The House is scheduled to vote to end the shutdown at around 7 PM this evening.

Per CBS News:

The House is expected to begin the vote on final passage of the funding bill between 7 and 7:30 p.m., according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office.

The chamber will meet at 4 p.m. for the swearing in of Grijalva before proceeding to debate over the rule for the final bill. The vote on the rule is expected at 5 to 5:30 p.m.

The rule’s adoption clears the way for the House to begin floor debate on the government funding package. House GOP leadership expects a final vote to take place sometime within the 7 p.m. hour.

Once the House votes on the funding bill, the chamber will be done for the week.

This is great and all.

But, it would still be nice to see Congress nuke the filibuster and get Trump’s agenda going!

Now nuke the filibuster & get things done

— Jeri Lynn Simpson (@DreamerJeri) November 12, 2025

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