Riding high after Tuesday night’s elections that gave Democrats wins up and down the ballot, progressive senators are urging their more centrist colleagues not to capitulate to Republicans over growing anxieties to end the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown.

Those like Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), a leadership member, made the case that victories across the country boost the party’s leverage in its demand to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies in exchange for reopening the government.

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