Reporter's Notebook: White House pounces after top Dem says government shutdown gives party 'leverage'

Senate Republicans are forcing Democrats to take a stand today — vote to pay expected federal workers (so-called essential) during the shutdown or risk looking anti-worker. The bill, from Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would pay troops, on-duty TSA agents, air traffic controllers and law enforcement. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., says it’s a "political ploy" to let Trump "pick and choose" who gets paid. WHITE HOUSE MAY 'RUN OUT' OF FUNDS TO PAY MILITARY IF SHUTDOWN CONTINUES, JOHNSON WARNSHouse Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., conceded to Fox News in a now-vi