Dave Mattingly

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This is day 41 of the government shutdown, but for the first time since it began, Congress is a step closer to ending it.

Eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted with Republicans yesterday to advance an agreement to reopen the government.

They did so without a guaranteed extension of federal health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

That's been the key demand of Democratic lawmakers since the shutdown began.

Here's Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois was among the Democrats who broke ranks with others in his party's leadership.

He called on Thune to keep his promise to hold a Senate vote to extend the expiring health care subsidies by mid-December.

It's not clear how soon the Senate and House could give final approval to the measure to end the shutdown.

The government shutdown resulted in thousands of airline flight cancellations and delays over the weekend.

The FAA continues to reduce flight capacity at 40 major airports across the U.S.

because of air traffic control staffing shortages.

NPR's Joe Hernandez has more from Philadelphia.

Some employees at a NASA facility in Maryland are describing conditions there as organized chaos amid a change in culture.

NPR's Katie Riddle has more.

Wall Street futures are higher this morning.