The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward greenlighting a package to reopen the government, the first of a series of planned back-to-back votes.

Senators voted 60-40 to grease the skids toward final passage of the funding bill Monday night.

The eight senators who crossed party lines to vote to advance the funding bill Sunday night once again voted with every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

The package would keep the government’s lights on until Jan. 30 and fund military construction, the legislative branch and the departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs for the full fiscal year.

The deal with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) also will give Democrats a vote on a proposal to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies by mid-December.

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