A deal was reached in the Senate ahead of the vote, a source familiar with the deal told CBS News, with at least eight Democrats prepared to vote in favor of advancing a funding measure Sunday night.

US lawmakers are working over the weekend as they seek a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown, which is now on day 40.

Local workers at some American military bases in Europe are feeling the impact of the U.S. government shutdown

Consultants and IT contractors to the US public sector have been tapping debt markets for emergency cash, cutting executive pay and putting staff on unpaid leave as the costs of the federal government shutdown mount.

Global shares got a lift in Asia on Monday on optimism that an end to the historic U.S. government shutdown could be in sight, while the dollar was nursing losses from last week. The U.S. Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government,

The FAA ordered airlines to cut thousands of flights ahead of this weekend as the agency deals with air traffic controller shortages during the government shutdown.

The prolonged US government shutdown has delayed the export of US weapons worth more than US$5 billion intended to support NATO Allies and Ukraine.

The economic impact of the U.S. government shutdown is far worse than expected, but the U.S. economy is likely to rebound quickly once it ends, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday.