The reopening is seen as a missed opportunity to many Democrats, as they failed to secure certain health care items.

Four GOP lawmakers broke rank with their party to join House Democrats in a discharge petition that forces a floor vote on ...

Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

"Promises don’t make premiums go down," said U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of the deal to reopen the government.