The Democrats got the shutdown they wanted, and no one is happy

Five of the eight Democratic senators who voted to advance a stopgap measure to reopen and fund the federal government. From the left, they are Senator Angus King, an Independent from Maine who caucuses with the Democrats; Maggie Hassan, a Democrat from New Hampshire; Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat from Nevada; Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire; and Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia. | Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images The longest government shutdown in modern American history is about to end, after a handful of Democratic senators this weekend decided to pr