Senate advances bill to end shutdown

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in Congress reached a deal Monday to break a stalemate that shut the federal government down over the weekend.
Many Democrats changed their positions Monday to support a package that funds the government through Feb. 8 after Republican leadership offered assurances that if no deal is reached on a broader immigration package by then, the chamber will take up a bill to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.Get all of VTDigger's political news.You'll