Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer offered a new plan to Republican lawmakers that would allow the U.S. government to reopen from a shutdown that began Oct. 1. The deal hinges on protecting enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for at least one year in exchange for Democrats dropping their demand that a long-term extension of ACA tax credits be included in a stopgap government funding bill.

N.Y., has proposed a new deal that could bring an end to the longest government shutdown on record. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports from Capitol Hill on what the proposal includes and what the next step could be for lawmakers.

The election results were not vague. They were not unclear. They were a lightning bolt," Schumer said at a Wednesday press conference.

In March, the threat of what President Trump could do during a shutdown convinced Senator Chuck Schumer to vote for a Republican spending bill. What’s changed?

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party voted 13 times to deny all federal funding and keep the government shut

Tensions flared between Republicans and Democrats as the Senate appeared to move further from a government shutdown resolution.

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago.

Minn., says Sen. Chuck Schumer won't end the government shutdown because he fears losing power to progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.