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Ted Cruz: “The shutdown very likely ends today. The House of…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 00:21

For most Americans, that means things will get back to normal pretty soon, but it's still chaos in the skies as well. Well, that's right. The shutdown very likely ends today. The House of Representatives is going to vote later this afternoon on the appropriations package and the continuing resolution that the Senate passed. On our podcast that we put out, we predicted that the government would open on Wednesday. And I think it's very likely to. (00:21–00:32)

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Asserts that the government shutdown is likely to end today with a House vote on appropriations.

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