Johnson doesn't take any questions at press conference
House Speaker Mike Johnson notably refused to take questions from reporters in the House Radio-TV gallery, where members are required to take at least one question.
"There were probably lots of questions, but I'm going to get a lot of my own questions answered later today, so stay tuned for more," Johnson said.
-ABC New's Lauren Peller
Johnson applauds Democrats who voted with Republicans to end shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday gave thanks to the eight senators who broke with their party and voted for legislation to end the government shutdown.
"We applaud seven Senate Democrats and one independent senator who did the right thing," Johnson said. "They decided to put principle over their personal politics."
On Sunday night, Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine, Dick Durbin, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Jacky Rosen were the Democrats who flipped to vote for this bill -- allowing the bill to advance by a vote of 60-40. They joined Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto, John Fetterman and Independent Angus King who had been voting in favor of a government funding bill for weeks.
-ABC News' Sarah Beth Hensley
Johnson tells House members to begin returning to Washington immediately
House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out a timeline for what's next, saying he will call the House back as soon as the Senate passes a government funding bill.
"At the very moment that they do that final vote, I will call all House members to return to Washington as quickly as possible. We'll give a 36 hour formal and official notice so that we can vote as soon as possible to pass the amended [continuing resolution] bill and get it to the president's desk," Johnson said.
With the current air travel delays, Johnson's message for House Republicans and Democrats was to start making their way back to Washington now.
"Air travel has been grinding to a halt in many places, and as of Sunday, nearly half of all domestic flights, U.S. flights, were either canceled or delayed. It's very serious situation. So I'm saying that by way of reminder -- I'm stating the obvious to all my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats in the House, you need to begin right now returning to the hill. We have to do this as quickly as possible."
Johnson: 'National nightmare is finally coming to an end'
House Speaker Mike Johnson, at his daily press conference, said Sunday's breakthrough is now "the beginning of the end" of the longest shutdown in history.
"After 40 days of wandering in the wilderness and making the American people suffer needlessly, some Senate Democrats finally have stepped forward to end the pain," Johnson said. "It appears to us this morning that our long national nightmare is finally coming to an end, and we're grateful for that. At least some Democrats now finally appear ready to do what Republicans and President Trump and millions of hard-working American people have been asking them to do for weeks."
