Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal to fund the government and end the shutdown, according to multiple reports.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., celebrated the deal in a post on X.

“This deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which Republicans weren’t willing to do,” Kaine wrote.

He also said the legislation “will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019.”

Sources told Politico and Fox News that enough Senate Democrats have agreed to the deal in order to reach 60 votes in the upper chamber.

Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats, and New Hampshire Democrats Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan negotiated the deal with Republican senators, sources told Politico. They said the deal has “more than enough” members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to advance.

The proposed legislation would fund all agencies through Jan. 30, and it would fund some projects for the full fiscal year until Oct. 1, 2026, according to Politico. The package includes full fiscal year funding for the Department of Agriculture and the FDA, the Department of Veterans Affairs and military construction projects, and the operations of Congress.

As Kaine noted, Senate Majority Leader John Thune has reportedly promised Senate Democrats a vote in December to extend the extra COVID-19 pandemic-era subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare) that will otherwise expire at the end of the year.

The government has been shut down for 40 days, since Oct. 1, marking the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

The Senate is expected to vote on the funding bill Sunday evening.

This is a breaking news story.

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