House to vote on bill to end shutdown around 7 p.m. ET Wednesday, Rep. Scalise says

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The U.S. House of Representatives will vote early Wednesday evening to end the longest government shutdown in history, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) said. "We'll start the process probably around four, five o'clock. The actual vote on the bill to fund the government will probably come later, around seven o'clock," the House majority leader told CNBC. "There'll be, I'm sure, a good, thorough debate, but it's so important that this gets done." If the spending bill gets through as planned, it will