The Senate plans to vote Friday on whether to advance a revamped package to reopen the government, testing Democrats after a week of internal debate over how long to hold out for their policy aims.

The proposal would temporarily fund the government, advance three appropriations bills and come with a guarantee of a future Senate vote on a policy to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that will expire at the end of the year, boosting health care premiums.

That reflects the contours of an agreement that was emerging earlier this week and that appealed to about a dozen Senate Democrats – more than enough to end the shutdown that has become the longest in American history.

But then Democrats swept elections in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City on Tuesday. President Donald Trump told Se

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