The US Senate has passed a funding bill that could end the government shutdown within days. Photo: AP PHOTO

The Senate has approved legislation that is expected to end the longest government shutdown in US history, breaking a stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and snarled air traffic.

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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 the end of the year.

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