Senate vote to end government shutdown ignites Democrat civil war

The eight critical votes that advanced a short-term spending package on Sunday evening and put the government on the path to re-opening also tore the seams of Democratic Party unity, bringing scrutiny to its shutdown strategy and leadership.One of the eight said that the plan Democrats had rallied around at its outset had crumbled."After six weeks — going on seven weeks — that path wasn’t working," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said. "It wasn’t going to happen. The question was: Does the shutdown further the goal of achieving some needed support for the extension of the tax credits? Our judgment w