Senate Democrats are still grappling with “two awful options,” as Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) put it to us: Either they vote for the Republican continuing resolution, which they widely despise, or they vote against it and let the government shut down.

Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place as they must choose between shutting down the government or folding to pressure from Republicans and President Donald Trump

The government runs out of funding Friday at midnight, leaving Democrats to decide whether to help Republicans pass a bill to avoid a shutdown or block the bill and be blamed for triggering one.