At least a half-dozen House Republicans told Scripps News they would not support a bipartisan Senate bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security — then voted for it anyway Thursday, ending the longest government shutdown in history after 76 days.

Those members Wednesday and Thursday were asked whether they would back the Senate-passed funding bill. The answer from each of them was the same: no.

By 4 p.m. Thursday, everyone of them had voted yes.

“This is not how we should be doing it. We were very clear about that, but at some point here, you know, the vote’s gonna happen,” Rep. Chip Roy said. “That vote was gonna pass.”