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The House is back. How do members feel?

By Barbara Sprunt

Published November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM CST

The House was out of session for the entire government shutdown. Members returned Wednesday with a lot of frustration.

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Barbara Sprunt

Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.

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