Congressional Democrats sense opportunity to finally get ball rolling on ending shutdown

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Congressional Democrats, fresh off multiple election night victories, are demanding that Republicans meet them at the negotiating table to end the record-breaking government shutdown.

Democrats are seeking to build on the momentum from both last night’s wins and comments from President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, in which he admitted that the elections were partially a rebuke of Republicans and that something needs to be done about the shutdown.

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