Enough Senate Democrats expected to vote with Republicans to break shutdown impasse: sources

the senate is trying to hold a key test vote Sunday night on a plan that would be a major step toward reopening the government.

The vote would be a big test of whether enough Democrats would vote with Republicans to break the impasse, even though they would not get an extension of the Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year, and which they have been waiting for during the 40-day shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.

Multiple Senate sources told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl that the bill would extend funding through Jan. 31 and also provide funding for the remainder of the fiscal year to other agencies like the Department of Agriculture to pay for SNAP benefits and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A senior Democratic senator told Karl that there will be more than enough Democratic votes to pass this, although most Democrats, including most leaders, will likely vote against it.

Democrats would get nothing on health care beyond a promise that the Senate will vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies before the end of the year, essentially what Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered more than a month ago and which Democrats opposed.

Although most Senate Democrats are likely to oppose this bill, they are resigned to the fact that this part of the fight is over, sources said. They will take the battle over health care into the midterm elections and argue that Republicans refused to do anything for the millions of Americans who will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket.

At least 60 votes are needed to advance the bill. In previous votes, Senator Rand Paul was the only Republican vote against the bill, while Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman, as well as independent Angus King, voted in favor. At least five more Democrats would have to vote in favor of the bill to move it forward.

Passage of the bill would not immediately reopen the government. The House would also have to pass the bill. The House has been out of session since September and Speaker Mike Johnson would have to summon his members to Washington to consider this bill before it can reach President Donald Trump’s desk.

The Senate wants to modify the bill in several ways. If the vote is successful, debate on the funding bill would begin. If Democrats allow debate to begin, there are some key modifications senators want to make to the bill:

• They want to change their due date from November 21st to the end of January.
• They want to attach three financing bills for the entire year. The government is typically funded through 12 appropriations bills for the entire year. The three the senators hope to include are Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, the Legislative Branch and the Department of Agriculture. If lawmakers fail to fund the government by the new deadline, the programs covered by these bills would be fully funded through the end of the fiscal year.
• Some language could be included that guarantees Democrats a vote by a certain date on a bill that addresses health care. There could also be some type of language to reverse some of the government staff reductions that occurred during the shutdown.

Unless there is full agreement from all senators to quickly adjust the bill, The Senate could take up to a week to process it.

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl contributed to this report.