Washington — Seven Democratic senators and one independent senator who caucuses with Democrats have voted to reopen the government.

Three of them have consistently voted for Republicans' short-term funding patch — which passed the House in mid-September — to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 at current levels. An amended measure narrowly advanced in the Senate late Sunday after it secured the support of five more Democrats.

After more than a dozen votes on the bill with no progress in flipping the remaining handful of Democrats needed to advance the proposal, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal in recent days that would guarantee a vote on expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. A majority of Democrats opposed the deal because they felt a vote on the health

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