“It makes a lot more sense for us to come together on a joint strategy, rather than having division within the caucus,” Sen. Chris Murphy said. “I think we’re a lot a lot closer to that.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP
On Monday of this week, there was a sense of bipartisan hope that the end of the government shutdown was near.
By Thursday, not so much.
The Senate expects to be in town Friday, potentially stretching members’ work through the weekend and into next week. Talks to find a compromise to get the government open have not yet borne fruit. President Donald Trump has said Democrats are winning the shutdown messaging wars, based on election results from Tuesday — and Democrats clearly think so, too.
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