It’s often said there are no winners in a government shutdown, and that’s largely the case again.
As the record-setting standoff nears an end, Republicans have suffered convincing electoral losses, President
Democrats, meanwhile, showed some fight against Trump and scored significant electoral wins. Then they immediately changed course and collapsed. They won small victories on spending bills, but on their main demand, extending subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans, they got what’s likely ...

