• Senate reaches deal: A deal has been reached in the Senate to fund the government through January 30 in a major sign the shutdown is poised to end, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

At least eight Senate Democrats have agreed to vote for the deal, which the chamber will start to vote on 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET.

The agreement, reached by a group of Democrats who teamed up with Republicans, should have the necessary 60 votes to clear the Senate.

 It would then need to pass the House and earn President Donald Trump’s signature to become law and reopen the government.

The process is expected to take days.

The deal to end the shutdown was negotiated by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Angus King, I-Vt., and gained approval from Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and the White House.

At least eight Democrats will provide “yes” votes in addition to the 52 Republicans who have been voting for a stopgap funding bill.

The agreement contains a three full-year appropriations bills that will fund certain departments like Agriculture through the end of the fiscal year next fall — and a continuing resolution to fund the rest of the government at existing spending levels through Jan. 30.

It would also fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, once known as food stamps, through next September, a major flashpoint in the shutdown.

The sources said the deal also reverses Trump’s attempted layoffs of federal workers during the shutdown through RIFs, or “reduction in force” notifications.

The Senate bill does not include an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Allowing the funds to lapse. Democrats settled for a promise that the Senate will vote on a bill to extend the subsidies by the end of the second week of December, with the outcome uncertain

Sherrod Brown Statement on the Ongoing Government ShutdownCOLUMBUS, OH – Sherrod Brown released the following statement on the ongoing government shutdown. 

“Half a million Ohioans are facing monthly premiums that are double or triple what they were paying. This is a bad deal for Ohioans. It does nothing to help the out-of-control costs people are facing. We can’t allow health care costs to skyrocket and not be willing to fight.” 

This is a problem created by Jon Husted and his special interest friends. At any point over the last 40 days, Jon Husted could have voted to reopen the government and helped people afford health care. But Jon Husted has done nothing to keep health care costs down.”