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.

Meanwhile, the Senate could vote Sunday night on a test vote that would fund the government through Jan. 31 and end the 40-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. Enough Democrats are expected to vote to pass the bill,

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is set to address reporters on Monday morning after the Senate voted 60-40 late Sunday to advance a House-passed continuing resolution to reopen the government. That vote represents a big first step toward ending the shutdown after a group of centrist Democrats negotiated a funding deal with Senate Republican colleagues and the

Late Sunday, the Senate took the first in a series of votes that likely will lead to the government reopening later this week.

By Richard Cowan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the federal shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Saturday,

Seven Senate Democrats plus one independent voted on Sunday to support a Republican deal to reopen the US government. The defections broke a weeks-long deadlock during which the Democratic Party resisted pressure to end the longest ever US shutdown.

The Senate by a 60-40 vote advances a proposal to end the federal shutdown after some moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without healthcare subsidy guarantees.

The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to continue the fight.