• All eyes on the House: After nearly two months, the House will be back in session today, and lawmakers are expected to vote this evening on the Senate-backed bill to reopen the federal government.
• What Johnson faces: House Speaker Mike Johnson has to sell the package to his razor-thin GOP majority — and he’ll likely need President Donald Trump’s help to push it through. Republican sources tell CNN that GOP leadership is confident the funding bill will pass tonight.
• Air travel disruptions: Meanwhile, nearly 900 flights within the US have been canceled as of this morning, with hundreds of others delayed. If the shutdown drags on, airlines would have to gradually cancel more flights in the coming days due to a Federal Aviation Administration mandate.
While the return to normal air traffic following the expected end to the federal government shutdown this week will not be instantaneous, it will be quicker “than you might think,” Kit Darby, a retired United Airlines captain told CNN’s Sara Sidner on CNN News Central.
“In a normal situation, when aircraft are canceled or delayed, it happens on a random basis. This time it’s happened on a plan to cut back a varying percentage,” Darby explained. “We know where those planes, those pilots, those flight attendants are, which is not the case in something like a weather event.”
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