MINNEAPOLIS — After seven moderate Democrats and one Independent broke ranks with party leadership in the Senate, a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears on track to pass by the end of the week.

But Congressional Democrats representing Minnesota are not on board.

In the Senate, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith both voted 'no' Sunday night on a procedural motion that sets the stage for final passage of a government funding bill. Under that agreement, negotiated between Senate Republicans and the moderate Democrats, the government will be funded through January in exchange for concessions such as a reversal of thousands of federal layoffs by the Trump administration.

However, the agreement does not include the Democrats' number-one demand to exten

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