Top Senate Democrats say the party is working through “differences of opinions” as they scramble to find an off-ramp to a month-old partial government shutdown that is set to become the longest on record Wednesday.
Democrats emerged tight-lipped from an unusually long closed-door caucus lunch on Tuesday as they weighed options to end the shutdown while pushing to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies that are set to expire at year’s end.
Republicans, meanwhile, clashed over how long to extend government funding, as Senate leaders indicated negotiators will need more time beyond the Nov. 21 deadline proposed in the House-passed continuing resolution to finish fiscal 2026 funding work.
