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.

Democratic leader Schumer offered Republicans votes to end gov't shutdown and extend the expiring healthcare subsidies.

But the workday ended with no bipartisan deals announced on reopening the government and no release to the public of full-year funding bills.

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.

The Senate may be close to an agreement to fund the government and end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Republicans are working with Democrats to potentially reopen the government into January. Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen thus far as they demand extension of…

Breakthrough comes after some Democrats agreed to reopen government without a guaranteed extension of health subsidies.

The U.S. Senate on Sunday night voted to advance a proposal that, if passed by Congress, would fund the federal government through January, marking an important step toward ending…

The measure signals a major breakthrough but the deal still needs to get over more hurdles in Congress.