Senators advance tentative deal to ending shutdown

The Senate has just taken the first step to end the record-long government shutdown, 40 days in counting. Senators voting to pass a new bill proposed by Republicans that would fund the government through January 30th. Now, this bill still needs to go through the House, and it is not yet clear whether House Democratic leaders are on board with this deal.Now, the bill notably does not include an extension of expiring affordable care act subsidies, which as you know was a major sticking point and still is for ...