The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical question of how much power the president has in a shutdown.Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, at the Capitol on Thursday. Mr. Schumer and a handful of other Democrats voted with Republicans to clear the way for passage of a stopgap spending bill on Friday.