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The Senate needs 60 votes to move forward on the continuing resolution, which has become central to the bipartisan effort to end the weeks-long impasse.

According to CBS News, a deal was reached in the Senate ahead of the vote, with at least eight Democrats prepared to support advancing the funding measure on Sunday night. The breakthrough comes after days of backchannel negotiations between Senate Republicans, centrist Democrats, and the White House.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is leading a strategy to advance the House-passed resolution and then amend it with a broader appropriations package, known as a “minibus,” along with a longer extension of government funding. Senate appropriators on Sunday released the text of three long-term spending bills that form the core

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