After 40 days, the longest government shutdown in American history finally appears to be lurching toward an end. But even after the Senate broke its stalemate Sunday night with a bipartisan vote to advance a stopgap funding measure, it could still take most of the week before federal workers return to their jobs and shuttered agencies reopen.

While the Senate’s 60-to-40 vote on Sunday marked the first concrete step toward reopening the government, there are several more steps after that before any legislation will reach President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature, and critics of the deal may slow down its passage.

Since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, Democrats and Republicans have been sparring over the future of Affordable Care Act subsidies and a wave of mass federal layoffs i

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