Latest from 🔵 The Portal: A new slate of inspector general nominees is under the microscope as they inch closer to Senate confirmation votes. @sn_handler with details:

On tap next week in the house under a rule:

🚨 FLY OUT DAY: TOM EMMER My first -- and perhaps only -- SOLO SHOW EMMER talks Epstein, funding, health care and 2026. Panel with @MariannaReports and @scottwongDC https://t.co/FcVNN4KBWM

News: @RepBrianFitz sent a letter to THUNE & SCHUMER today asking them to work together on a bipartisan bill extending enhanced ACA subsidies FITZPATRICK requested an immediate mtg w/ the Senate leaders to talk parameters that can pass the House MORE -

Payday update for Senate staff: Per memo sent by the chamber’s financial clerk, the missed 10/20 paycheck will be paid tomorrow and the missed 11/5 paycheck will be paid Monday.

Johnson on ACA extension says Rs are willing to work in good faith to bring down cost of healthcare. Says House Rs will go in “great detail” next week of how Democrats destroyed American healthcare

Johnson on Epstein: We have been for maximum transparency of the Epstein files from the very beginning.

JOHNSON says he called THUNE this morning. Speaker says he was “very angry” about the provision in the funding package that allows senators to sue over phone seizure Johnson says House will repeal it on suspension

There’s an argument that this Congress and administration has been “the most productive season” for a new Congress and new admin, Johnson says. Notes border security, tax cuts and regulation cuts as some of the GOP achievements of last few months.

JOHNSON says he’s pleased the CR included three appropriations bills, applauds that Congress passed approps bills separately as opposed to an omnibus. “Republicans will get right back to the work that we promised the American people that we will do,” speaker says.

JOHNSON says it’s a relief that the shutdown is now over, blasts Democrats. “All this was utterly pointless and foolish. They didn’t achieve anything with this at all.”

House votes to reopen government 222-209!

JARED GOLDEN is the first Democratic yes for the government funding package.

“We’re gonna get it done,” SCALISE says while entering the chamber to vote to end the longest government shutdown in history.

Speaker Johnson says the shutdown is ending tonight: “We believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight.” “It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless.” “We’re very optimistic about the vote tally tonight”

AUSTIN SCOTT is not happy about the phone record provision in the funding bill. TOM COLE says he doesn't know how it ended up in the bill. He signals he'll vote for the funding package and try to force a vote later to overturn it.

🚨The Senate has passed a short-term funding bill to reopen the government thru Jan. 30. The House could vote as soon as Wednesday

Senate now voting on final passage of the CR and minibus package. We’re close!

New: Hoeven says before the Senate leaves, senators will tee up consideration of four spending bills: Defense, Labor-HHS, THUD and CJS.

News: Multiple sources say the Senate Agriculture Committee has secured bipartisan agreement for a market structure draft that will be released tonight Sens. Boozman (R-Ark) and Booker (D-NJ) have been leading talks on the committee with jurisdiction over CFTC