House Members Prepare to Return to the Capitol: Starting Line

Nov. 11, 2025, 11:47 AM UTC

Shutdown Vote Coming

It’s Veterans’ Day, so we begin with thanks to those who’ve worn the uniform of our nation’s armed forces.

On Capitol Hill, it will be a day of calm before the stampede. After seven weeks at home, members of the House of Representatives are due back tomorrow, with a vote to be scheduled soon on the Senate-passed legislation that would reopen the government (H.R. 5371).

That measure is an appropriations combo package, merging a continuing resolution to fund the government until the end of January with three of the regular full-year spending bills, as ...

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