House Rules Committee approves bill that would end government shutdown

The bill to end the longest government shutdown in history achieved a new breakthrough before it comes up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

In recent hours, the House Rules Committee approved the initiative that would end the government shutdown, which has lasted 42 days.

In a hearing that spanned about six hours, beginning Tuesday night and ending in the early hours of Wednesday morning, all Republicans on the committee (eight) supported the bill. Meanwhile, the entire Democrats (four) opposed it.

During the hearing, House Rules Committee chairwoman Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.) chastised Democrats for "manipulating" Americans for as long as they have been blocking the government.

"What we won’t hear from Democrats today is if they’re taking ownership of the chaos they unleashed upon the nation," Foxx said.

"We won’t hear them apologize to the American people for gaslighting them incessantly, and we won’t hear an admission that the only reason they shut down the government was to cover up for a policy failure that they themselves concocted and stamped an end date on," the House Rules Committee chairwoman added.

The bill to end the government shutdown is scheduled to come up for a vote this Wednesday on the House floor.