A small group of Democratic Senators voted with Republicans on the evening of November 10, local time, to pass a budget measure to reopen the US government.
Eight Democratic Senators voted in favor with the Republican Party, helping the vote rate to 60 votes in favor and 40 votes against. A Republican who voted against it was Democratic Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.
The budget deal, after being approved by the Senate, will be moved to the House of Representatives, where Republican leaders hope it could be approved as early as November 12, ending the longest-running US government shutdown ever.
The agreement, which President Donald Trump is expected to sign, will restore essential services such as federal food aid, as well as pay hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Currently, attention will be on House Speaker Mike Johnson and members of the House of Representatives, who are en route to Washington after being in the election areas since mid-September.
The Republican Speaker of the House may need the President's help to approve the package at a meeting in the coming days.
On November 10, when asked whether he personally approved the deal being approved at Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump replied: "I think so."
