Senate Democrats are taking a moment after Tuesday night's resounding off-year wins before making any firm moves to reopen the government. Why it matters: Victory is emboldening the party's hardliners.

The revised share to be disbursed to 42 million low-income Americans is 65% of total benefits, up from the 50% the USDA previously said in a court filing it could release.

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,

N.Y., and his caucus mulling ways out of the government shutdown from a host of offers Republicans have made throughout the 36-day ordeal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections this week that energized Democrats and angered President Donald Trump have cast a chill over efforts to end the record-breaking government shutdown, raising fresh doubts about the possibility of a breakthrough despite the punishing toll of federal closures on the country.

Democrats, you fought. It seems like you lost the fight,” the radio host said on Monday. As the government shutdown

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Bipartisan Senate talks aimed at ending the government shutdown continued as both parties grappled with the fallout from Tuesday's elections. Follow live updates here.