House Republicans facing narrow margin to end shutdown, early voting shows

House Republicans are looking at a narrow margin for passage of the bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, based on preliminary counts from procedural votes just completed.

The House has scheduled the final vote to occur between 7:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. The White House has said President Donald Trump will quickly sign it into law, after it passes.

The vote just now on the "Rule" to advance to a final vote passed 213-209. This is not always a precise gauge of the final tally on the bill itself — but often is. The other wrinkle is there are four absences — three Republicans and one Democrat.