WATCH LIVE: White House holds press briefing after government shutdown deal clears Senate

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

The press conference comes after the Senate overcame a stalemate in the nation’s longest government shutdown this week.

SENATE PASSES BILL TO END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, TEEING UP FINAL HOUSE PASSAGE

Eight Democrats joined Republicans in the vote that moves Congress toward reopening the government. The stopgap funding bill now heads to the House for a vote.

The White House has repeatedly blamed Democrats for keeping the federal government closed.

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