The agreement reached by a group of Democrat and Republican senators that could result in the end of the government shutdown cleared its first hurdle, passing on a 60-40 Senate vote late Sunday (November 10), NBC News reports.

If approved, the agreement would then need to pass the House of Representatives and be signed into law by President Donald Trump to reopen the government. CNN initially reported that a group of at least eight Senate centrist Democrats reportedly reached a deal with Senate GOP leaders and the White House to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care subsidies, citing two sources with director knowledge of the discussions.

The deal would include a new stopgap measure to extend government funding until Jan

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