Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shays Stevens.

The House Rules Committee is debating over a Senate-passed funding measure to end the government shutdown.

The Senate has already passed the bill.

Meanwhile, congressional Democrats are facing a backlash after eight of them compromised with Republicans, as NPR's Dominica Montanaro reports.

Democrats are going to have a lot of work to do to heal this divide within their base,

but they're banking on voters having short-term memories and that the issue landscape is

going to continue to benefit them.

We saw Democrats win sweeping victories last week, and voters said affordability was their top

issue.

That's likely to carry through to next year's midterm elections, and voters said affordability was their top issue. That's likely to carry

through to next year's midterm elections, and during the shutdown, Democrats were able to elevate

health care as an important issue, too. As part of the deal to reopen the government,

Senate moderates say they were promised to vote on extending health care subsidies sometime

next month, and if Republicans block those subsidies, the GOP will own

higher health care costs. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington. The Supreme Court has extended

its order blocking full snap payments for two more days amid signs that Congress may soon vote to end

the shutdown. The delay gives lawmakers more time to resolve differences over a short-term spending

plan to continue fiscal year 2025 funding levels.

Some states are already providing full monthly allocations to residents who rely on SNAP to buy groceries.

The record lows being reported in the southeast and the first snow of the season may make it seem as if winter has come early to parts of the U.S.

But NPR's Giles Snyder reports that the freezing temperatures are on the way out.

The National Weather Service says the unseasonably cold weather will gradually come to an end.

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