Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had proposed extending expiring healthcare subsidies for one year as part of a measure to break the monthlong logjam.

Senators are working through the weekend for the first time since the government shutdown began more than a month ago, hoping to find bipartisan resolution that has so far eluded them as government workers have gone unpaid,

President Donald Trump on Sunday offered a bit more insight into his proposal that Obamacare subsidies should go directly to Americans' Health Savings Accounts to pay for health care rather than sening funds to insurance companies through the Affordable Care Act.

As the Senate held a rare Sunday session, the Republican leader said a potential deal was “coming together” on the government shutdown. But there was no guarantee it would end an impasse now stretching to 40 days.

Senate Republicans and Democrats have rejected alternating proposals to fund the federal government and end the record 38-day government shutdown.