senate have been for the entirety of this shutdown. the idea that the president would get anything, let alone border wall funding for a shutdown the democrats very clearly state he was the one who led to the shutdown. it s something that s been a nonstarter for them from the beginning. one of the key aspects you have to remember is it s not just what happens with this shutdown or what happens over the course of the next couple of weeks but the entirety of the next two years with house democrats in power. they don t want to set a standard where the president on funding deadlines or debt limit deadlines can hold something hostage, in their words, and get policy wins out of democrats that they re opposed to. that s why they ve held the line to the point that they have, as much as a pain overall for the 800 workers missing a second paycheck tomorrow and 75% of the government that s should shutte. they re all for the idea of reopening the government for three weeks and having border securit