Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The longest government shutdown on record is officially over. Last night, the House passed a bill that funds the federal government through January. The vote was 222 to 209. Six Democrats joined all but two Republicans to pass the measure.
Chapter 2: What led to the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?
It cleared the House two days after Senate approval, where seven Democratic senators and one Independent joined all but one Republican to secure the 60 votes needed. Democratic leaders in Congress did not support reopening the government without Republicans first agreeing to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. The GOP did not.
President Trump signed the measure at the White House and blamed Democrats for the 43-day shutdown.
We're sending a clear message that we will never give in to extortion because that's what it was. They tried to extort. The Democrats tried to extort Akanche.
Furloughed federal employees can now head back to work. Democrat Adelita Grijalva of Arizona has been sworn in as the newest member of Congress. She won a special election to succeed her father in the House nearly two months ago. NPR's Sam Greenglass says Grijalva provides the last signature needed to force a House vote on the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
House Speaker Mike Johnson administered the oath after weeks of declining to seat Grijalva while the House was not in session.
50 days that over 800,000 Arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves.
And for weeks, a special petition had been one vote short.
That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files.
The files have come back to the forefront after House Democrats released emails suggesting President Trump knew about the sexual abuse Epstein was committing. The White House says the emails prove Trump did nothing wrong. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
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