Washington — Seven Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with Democrats voted late Sunday to reopen the government and end the shutdown .

Three of them have consistently voted for Republicans' short-term funding patch — which passed the House in mid-September — to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 at current levels. The measure narrowly advanced in the Senate after it secured the support of five more Democrats with the expectation that it will be amended to extend funding until Jan. 30.

After more than a dozen votes on the bill with no progress in flipping the remaining handful of Democrats needed to advance the proposal, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal that would guarantee a vote on expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. A majority

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