Flight reductions at 40 major U.S. airports will remain at 6% instead of rising to 10% by the end of the week because more air traffic controllers are coming to work, officials said Wednesday. The announcement was made as Congress took steps to end the longest government shutdown in history.

Wednesday is the day House lawmakers return to the nation’s Capitol after nearly eight weeks to vote on legislation that would end the federal government shutdown.

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She covers the White House and Congress.

"We had a serious shortage of controllers before the shutdown. We have a worse shortage after, because the rate of controller retirements has increased during the shutdown," Poole said.