Welcome to the News Hour. Days of chaos and uncertainty on Capitol Hill appear to be winding down.

A bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump to keep the government open was rejected by the House last night.

But this afternoon, a breakthrough on a very similar agreement was announced by House Speaker Mike Johnson.

We will not have a government shutdown and we will meet our obligations for our farmers who need aid,

for the disaster victims all over the country, and for making sure that military and essential services

and everyone who relies upon the federal government for a paycheck is paid over the holidays.

And moments ago, the House passed the bill with bipartisan support.

It now heads to the Senate with just hours until the midnight deadline.

Lisa Desjardin has been tracking it all on Capitol Hill.

So Lisa, where do things stand right now?

Right.

Let's take a quick look at the House floor.

That vote just completed.

This could very well be the last House vote of this Congress. I want to tell you the vote total 366

votes for this spending bill that would kick things down the road. I'll talk about the details

in a second. All of the no votes, 34 of them, were Republicans. So Democrats really helped get this across the finish line here in the House.

So what's in this exactly?

Let's take a look.

First of all, this bill would extend the funding of government funding until about mid-March.

It has $100 billion about that for disaster aid.

It has $10 billion for farmers. There is not an increase in the

debt ceiling. You might be wondering, Lisa, doesn't that look just like a graphic you used

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