The Republican-led U.S. Senate managed to wrangle just enough Democrats on Sunday night to pass a procedural vote that will allow a debate for the government funding bill — a development designed to eventually end the longest shutdown in the country’s history.

However, the stopgap proposal would only fund the government and benefits until late January.

To get to the 60-vote threshold, enough moderate Democrats and an independent senator voted with Republicans to move legislation forward.

The shutdown entered its 41st day on Monday, affecting more than 1 million government employees, who have either not been paid or have been furloughed; cancelled or delayed flights within the U.S.; and left millions in the country without food aid.

Even if the shutdown ends this week, chaos at the a

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