A group of Democratic senators joined with Republicans to strike a deal on Sunday night that would take the first step in ending the longest US government shutdown in history.
At least eight Democrats were willing to vote in favour of a negotiated deal with the White House and Senate Republicans, according to a source familiar with the closed-door talks.
That would be enough for the plan to pass the Republican-controlled Senate and be sent to the House of Representatives. A procedural vote was expected to be held later in the Senate on Sunday night.
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