They can either vote to support a House GOP stopgap measure they’ve been criticizing, or the federal government will shut down. Less than three days before a possible government shutdown, Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk being blamed for a

Trump needs Senate Democrats’ votes, but they are still weighing whether to use this rare point of leverage and risk taking blame for a shutdown.

House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government, but only after the Trump administration said it would ignore it and cut as it pleases.