India, Nov. 10 -- Senate Republican leader John Thune has said that a deal is "coming together" as he planned a test vote Sunday, November 9, on a narrow spending package that would end the government shutdown, which has stretched on for 40 days. "We'll see kind of where the votes are," Thune reportedly said. "This kind of stuff can drag on indefinitely if you allow it to."

Senate Democrats are expected to come together for a caucus meeting at 5 pm on Sunday, CBS News cited sources as saying. The procedural vote planned by Thune would require support from several Democrats. The measure has notably fallen short of the 60-vote threshold 14 times.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remained furloughed amid the shutdown. Americans are...