WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are teeing up a Friday vote on a short-term spending bill to reopen the U.S. government, as small glimmers of progress started to emerge on Thursday, Day 37, of the longest-running shutdown.

Republicans are looking to pair votes on the short-term spending bill with three separate longer-term appropriations bills, in the hopes of luring more moderate Senate Democratic votes, Republican sources told CBS News.

Three Democrats crossed party lines in previous votes for the short-term spending bills, but Republicans need at least five more to cross the chamber’s 60-vote filibuster-proof threshold.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) signaled his willingness to keep senators working through the weekend to reach a deal. Thune, who over the past month has t

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