In the 1930 midterm elections, Republicans eked out the narrowest possible majority, with 218 seats. But 14 members died before swearing-in day for the start of the 72nd Congress. With President Herbert Hoover deeply unpopular because of the Great Depression, Democrats claimed the majority by winning enough of the special elections.

The House easily passed legislation to fund several federal agencies and programs as lawmakers work to avert another government shutdown later this month.

The legislation to continue ACA funds for three years passed with unanimous support from Democrats and a group of Republicans who rebelled against party leaders to force the vote.

The legislation would fund parts of the government ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline in a bipartisan breakthrough after the nation’s longest shutdown.

While the three-year extension for Affordable Care Act subsidies is expected to pass the House, it may not go far in the Senate. But a bipartisan group of senators say they are close on a compromise.

The House on Thursday failed to override two of President Donald Trump’s vetoes of GOP-backed bills that passed unanimously in the House and Senate, falling short of the necessary two-thirds majority on either vote.

The House passed a multibillion-dollar federal funding package in a bipartisan vote, moving Congress closer to averting a government shutdown by the Jan. 30 deadline.