Senate advances funding bill to end longest US government shutdown in history

The amended package will still have to be passed by the House and sent to Trump for his signature, a process that could take daysThe Senate on Sunday made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some employees.But the measure, which resulted from days of talks between a handful of Democratic and Republican senators, leaves out the healthcare subsidies that Democrats had ...