Eight Democrats joined Senate Republicans to advance a House-passed short-term funding measure, helping pave the way for an end to the shutdown as early as this week. As promised, Baldwin did not vote to in favor of the measure.

As part of the deal, Democrats will get a vote on a date in December on extending health insurance tax credits that were at the center of the government shutdown.

“My goal is always results for Wisconsin families. And what I hear from Wisconsinites is they need some breathing room and cannot afford to have their health care costs double,” Baldwin said in a statement. “I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn’t lower working families’ health care costs.”

Some Democrats, including State Representative Francesca Hong (D-Madison) applauded Baldwin.

“We missed an opportunity to do so much better for people. Instead, Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems voting for this [expletive] caved,” Hong said in a video posted to her social media platforms.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Devin Remiker said he was disappointed that a handful of Democrats decided to take Republicans at their word on a health care vote instead of having a concrete deal.

"This moment requires us to fight, not fold,” Remiker said. “Senator Baldwin championed the people’s fight by refusing to give in to these ACA cuts, others in our party did not, and now health care prices could double, triple, or quadruple in price overnight."

Republicans, like Congressman Tony Weid, said Baldwin opposed a deal that would end the shutdown.

“Senator Baldwin is getting ready to vote once again to keep our government closed and continue to hurt our service members, farmers, federal employees, and families in need,” Weid said in a post to X.

At this point, it is still unclear when a deal to reopen the government will be officially reached.

This is a developing story as the Senate votes on the deal. We’ll continue to provide updates on air and online.