A handful of Senate Democrats on Sunday indicated they are ready to advance a package of bills that could end the government shutdown, multiple sources told Axios.
Why it matters: It is the most significant movement toward a bipartisan breakthrough in the talks to reopen the government in over a month.
Talks are fluid, and no deal is final until lawmakers have voted. But the discussions are progressing toward a deal that would end weeks of deadlock in the Senate.
- At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a procedural motion to advance a package of spending bills and a short term funding measure through the end of January, multiple sources from both parties told Axios.
- The deal would include a December vote on a Democratic proposal to extend ACA tax credits for one year, multiple sources said. It would take 60 votes to pass.
- It could also include some kind of language to help federal workers who have been laid off under the shutdown.
The big picture: Senators are in Washington for a rare weekend session, and are on track to vote Sunday on a procedural motion on a government funding package.
- Lawmakers have been asked to return to Washington on Sunday if they left town.
- And the long-awaited text of the appropriations bills that lawmakers hope to include in the deal started to be released Sunday afternoon.
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