By a vote of 60 to 40, the u.s Senate on sunday night voted to advance a proposal that, if passed by congress, would fund the federal government through january, marking an important step toward ending the nation's. As part of democrats’ agreement to end the shutdown, senate majority leader john thune is promising senate democrats a vote in december to extend affordable care act subsidies that are due to. A critical bloc of eight senate democratic centrists on sunday helped advance a funding deal to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced affordable care act. Senate takes the first step toward ending the government shutdown, advancing a funding bill after weeks of gridlock.
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