While Election Day may headline the week, the Senate is back as talks likely continue on ending a partial government shutdown that’s on track to set a new record Tuesday night, eclipsing the 35-day mark set during President Donald Trump’s first term.
While the House continues to not be in session, Republicans are publicly prognosticating that Democrats may relent on making a deal to pass a continuing resolution later this week that would reopen the government after the polls close in states including New Jersey and Virginia, which both have governor’s races on the ballot.
“The Democrats will wait until after Election Day, because they think the shutdown is good for energizing the crazies in their party, but I think it’ll be either late this week or early next week,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on the Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” program.
