A small but critical group of Democrats backed legislation to fund the government, providing the votes to move forward with a spending package that would end the shutdown in coming days.
For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of health insurance subsidies that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year.
The U.S. government shutdown has dragged on for weeks because of the refusal by Democrats in the Senate to approve a bill that does not extend ACA tax credits.
