Dems predict GOP will cave on the shutdown as lapsed payday approaches

By Susan Ferrechio

Published January 9, 2019 4:38pm ET

Dems predict GOP will cave on the shutdown as lapsed payday approaches — Jenn Hallam demonstrated against the partial government shutdown on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. | (Matt Rourke/AP)

House Democrats are predicting Republicans are about to start buckling in the fight over border wall funding, when Democrats on Wednesday start taking up bills that would reopen partially shuttered government agencies and departments.

“We expect that number will cross into double figures today and as the week proceeds,” said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., when asked how many Republicans will join them in votes to reopen the government.