The longest government shutdown in U.S.
history is finally expected to come to an end.
After weeks of holding out, a small group of Senate Democrats changed their position.
On Sunday night, they voted with Republicans to start the process of reopening the government.
Breaking news tonight, the U.S.
Senate takes a key first step toward reopening the government.
You are taking a live look at the Senate floor.
Senators just advanced a bipartisan agreement to fund the government until the end of January.
Here's New Hampshire Democratic Senator Jean Shaheen explaining her reasoning.
I understand that not all of my Democratic colleagues are satisfied with this agreement.
But waiting another week or another month wouldn't deliver a better outcome.
It would only mean more harm for families in New Hampshire and all across the country.
But the vote left others in the Senate furious.
This is Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont.
What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse.
From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
I'm Colby Echoitz.
It's Monday, November 10th.
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