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The Senate has taken its first real step toward ending the record-long government shutdown,

but not everyone's happy about the potential deal.

According to reporters, the Senate voted 60 to 40 Sunday night to move forward with a plan to reopen the government.

The agreement backed by a small group of moderate Democrats and independents would fund most agencies through late January.

But it would delay negotiations over Affordable Care Act subsidies until mid-December.

The breakthrough came when Senators Jean Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, and Angus King agreed to move forward after six weeks of gridlock.

The plan would also reverse mass federal layoffs and guarantee back pay once the shutdown ends.

However, the move angered many Democrats who want the subsidies extended now.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted no, saying Democrats can't, in good faith,

move ahead without health care protections, while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders called the proposal

a, quote, horrific mistake. Meanwhile, Republican leader John Thune called the vote long overdue,

urging both sides stacked quickly as flight cancellations, food aid delays,

and unpaid federal workers pile up. The Senate could pass the measure sometime this week,

though House Democrats are already blasting it as a betrayal for dropping the health care fight.

And the Supreme Court shut down a final challenge to same-sex marriage rights Monday,

rejecting an appeal from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis,

the official who refused to issue marriage licenses nearly a decade ago.

According to David Savage, the justices denied Davis' appeal without comment, ending her

years-long court battle that started in 2015.

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