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Donald Trump has said he thinks we're nearing the end of the government shutdown as seven democrats break away from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Late on Sunday (November 9) seven Democrats voted with the Republican majority on moving forward with temporarily reopening the federal government from its longest shutdown in history.
New Hampshire Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, Nevada Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen and Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman as well as independent Senator Angus King of Maine voted with Republicans in favour of a deal to end the shutdown.
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