Efforts To End Shutdown Advance With Senate Vote For Stopgap Spending Measure

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Updated January 22, 2018

Lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as day three of a partial government shutdown starts on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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U.S. senators voted to move forward on legislation that would reopen the federal government until Feb. 8, ending a three-day standoff between Democrats and President Donald Trump's Republicans over immigration and border security.

NPR's Brian Naylor (@brinaylor) joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss the news of the day on the shutdown.

With reporting from The Associated Press

This article was originally published on January 22, 2018.

This segment aired on January 22, 2018.

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