Valley congressmen react as House passes bill to end record shutdown

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- "What's frustrating is we're close backmost to wherever we were the time that the House passed the continuing solution backmost connected September 19," Congressman Tom McClintock said.

On Day 43 of the shutdown, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a authorities backing bundle with a 222 to 209 ballot connected Wednesday nighttime connected Capitol Hill.

The last tally resulted successful 2 republicans voting against the measure and six democrats, including Representative Adam Gray (CA-13) who broke from enactment lines voting successful favour of the backing measure to extremity the longest shutdown successful U.S. history.

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Ahead of Wednesday's "yes" vote, Action News spoke to a fistful of Valley leaders to perceive their concerns and reactions.

"The sustainable solutions successful authorities are ever bi-partisan," Gray said.

"My anticipation is that this volition ne'er ever hap again," Congressman Vince Fong said.

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Following the vote, Fong released a connection saying successful part, "Today, I voted again conscionable arsenic I did astir 2 months ago, to unfastened the authorities and get indispensable services backmost up and moving successful our assemblage and crossed the nation."

Democratic Congressman Jim Costa voted against the bill. His territory represents parts of Fresno and Tulare counties.

In a connection to Action News, Costa said, "This measure puts excessively galore hardworking radical successful my territory astatine risk, forcing them to take betwixt putting nutrient connected the array oregon paying for healthcare. In November, this impacted astir 30% of households successful my district."

"The situation has been met and passed and erstwhile the prima rises tomorrow, the national authorities volition beryllium unfastened again," McClintock said.

Wednesday's authorities volition money the authorities done Jan. 30 and supply backing for immoderate authorities agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Valley leaders adhd that the process to reopen the authorities volition instrumentality time.

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