Government shutdown updates: Trump signs government funding bill

The Senate has officially locked in a deal to complete its work on government funding Monday night.

The Senate was scheduled to begin a series of eight votes at 5:30 p.m. The eighth and final vote in the series will be the vote to pass the government funding bill. It is expected to pass.

Votes in the Senate can sometimes take a while unless senators are motivated to move quickly. It could take three hours to get through all eight votes.

Once the Senate votes on the bill, it will go to the House for consideration there.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday afternoon he expects a vote in the lower chamber as early as Wednesday.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

House Speaker Mike Johnson told House Republicans on a private conference call Monday that he’s expecting the lower chamber to hold a vote on government funding as early as Wednesday, according to multiple sources.

A formal vote schedule in the House has not been noticed as the bill is still being processed in the Senate. Once it clears the Senate, it will head to the House, where several steps will need to be taken before a final vote can be held. The bill must go through the Rules Committee before it can hit the floor for a procedural vote and debate.

During an interview on CNN Monday afternoon, Johnson said “I believe they will” when asked if all Republicans in the House will vote for the Senate funding bill.

“We’ve got to get everybody back,” he said. Johnson said he told members to start traveling back to D.C. earlier today. Attendance is a key issue to watch.

The House has been out of session since Sept. 19 — 52 days ago.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller

Speaker Mike Johnson, walking back to his office, again would not commit to holding a vote in the House on the Affordable Care Act subsidies -- something Senate GOP leaders agreed to do as part of a deal they cut with Democrats to reopen the government.

Johnson said there will be a "deliberative process" in the lower chamber to "find consensus" among lawmakers.

"I do not guarantee the outcome of legislation or dates or deadlines or anything," he said.

Last week at a news conference, Johnson echoed a similar sentiment -- saying he would not make any promises on holding an ACA subsidies vote.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller and Jay O'Brien

President Donald Trump, taking reporter questions in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon, discussed the Senate deal to end the government shutdown: "We have support from enough Democrats and we're going to be opening up our country."

Trump was asked by ABC News White House Correspondent Karen Travers if he would abide by the Senate deal's language on reversing mass firings the administration implemented during the shutdown.

"I'll abide by the deal. The deal is very good," Trump said.