But bills are likely to be vetoed by Donald Trump, since they do not include funding for his wall along the Mexico border
US Democrats swept back to power on Thursday in the House of Representatives with veteran Nancy Pelosi at the helm, but they came face to face with what may be a new divided government normal in Washington: legislative gridlock.
After the opening session of the 116th Congress in which Pelosi was elected as speaker for the second time in her storied career, lawmakers took aim at a bipartisan priority of ending a partial government shutdown that was stretching into its 13th day.
The House passed two measures that would reopen agencies where funding had lapsed, but provide no money for a border wall demanded by President Donald Trump.
They are all but dead on arrival in the Senate, where the Republican leadership has vowed not to bring them up for a vote because they do not pass muster with the president.
