The longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as today, Day 43, after Speaker Mike Johnson called House representatives back into session after a nearly eight-week absence.

The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the Senate passed on Monday night. President Donald Trump called the measure a “very big victory,” and it’s expected to pass the Republican-led chamber. The prospect of travel delays due to the shutdown could complicate the vote, but Johnson said the GOP was “very optimistic” about the outcome.

The House has not been in legislative session since Sept. 19. Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans did their job.

Yet even as the possibility of an end to the shutdown draws near, almost no one will be satisfied. Democrats didn’t get the health insurance provisions they demanded added to the spending deal. And Republicans, who control the levers of power in Washington, didn’t escape blame, according to polls and some state and local elections that went poorly for them.

What else to know about the House’s return:

Shutdown vote scheduled for 7 p.m. ET: The House gaveled into session at noon, but a final vote on government funding isn’t expected until this evening — and, of course, the schedule in the House often slips. If the bill is approved, it will be sent to Trump for his signature. Democrats are expected to mostly oppose the bill because it lacks an extension of tax credits for health insurance offered under the Affordable Care Act.Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’: Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender’s crimes — is unclear. The White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president. The disclosures seemed designed to raise new questions about Trump’s friendship with Epstein and about what knowledge he may have had regarding what prosecutors call a yearslong effort by Epstein to exploit underage girls.Newest House member sworn in, paving the way for an Epstein files vote: Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in Wednesday, more than seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona. Speaker Johnson had refused to seat her until the chamber reconvened. After delivering a floor speech, Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

Correction: A previous report said that it had been “nearly seven weeks” since Grijalva won the Arizona special election. It had been more than seven weeks.