The Senate voted to break the shutdown stalemate Sunday, paving the way for the government to reopen as soon as later this week.

The 60-40 vote passed with the support of nearly all of the chamber's Republicans and eight Democrats, who unsuccessfully sought to tie government funding to health subsidies that are due to expire at...

In voting for the bill, the Democrats broke with the rest of their party’s members, who have been insisting that any spending measure include the extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.