Government shutdown on the verge of ending as senate reaches deal Gop leaders are trying to push a funding bill as quickly as possible after the senate took a key step last night toward reopening the government Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government. A bipartisan group of senate democrats and republicans reached a deal to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in u.s History, voting on the first procedural step on the measure Eight senate democrats joined republicans in a step to fund the government through january, though other hurdles remain.
Washington (ap) — a legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track monday after a handful of senate democrats joined with republicans to break the impasse in what has become.
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