Democrats Concede Shutdown Fight Without Health Care Win in Hand

Democrats entered the shutdown seeking to renew tax credits to stave off insurance premium price hikes and to show voters they have the stomach for hardball negotiations in President Donald Trump’s Washington.

As the record-long shutdown neared its end more than a month later, they failed to achieve either.

A group of eight Democrats on Sunday broke with the rest of their party — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — to vote with Republicans to advance a bill to re-open the government on the impasse’s 40th day.

Democratic Senators Tim Kaine, from left, Jeanne Shaheen and Catherine Cortez Masto speak to reporters in the Capitol on Sunday night after voting to advance the GOP bill.

Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

That plan doesn’t include the extension of the Affordable Care ...