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The Senate returns on Monday to continue work on a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown, now on Day 41. Follow live updates here.

Democratic senators are facing backlash for joining with Republicans to advance the vote to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to redirect funds from "money sucking" insurance companies linked to Obamacare back to Americans.

The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the federal government without major concessions for their party.

WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Senate held a rare Sunday session, the Republican leader said a potential deal was “coming together” on stopping the government shutdown. But there was no guarantee it would end an impasse now stretching to 40 days.

President Trump declared to reporters on Friday that Republicans would not lose a future election if the party’s leadership in the Senate moved to eliminate the parliamentary procedure known