The Trump administration has already flipped on one key Democrat condition for ending the government shutdown. Seven rogue Democrats and one Independent sided with Republicans in a Senate vote this week to pass a compromise deal to reopen the government, which has been shut since Oct. 1.

House lawmakers are making a long-awaited return to potentially end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

The legislation, approved earlier this week by the Senate, faces a vote Wednesday in the lower chamber, which is returning to session for the first time since Sept. 19.

The results come in stark contrast to polls taken amid the shutdown that showed Republicans shouldering the brunt of voter criticism.

Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.

The House of Representatives passed the Senate's bipartisan compromise to end the longest government shutdown in history on Wednesday night.

President Donald Trump signed a funding bill Wednesday night, ending a 43-day U.S. government shutdown. Further debates on health care, Epstein files and payment for federal workers loom.

About 1.4 million employees missed their first full paychecks on Oct. 24 after receiving only partial pay on Oct. 10.