Democrats in Congress know they’re in a political hole, but it looks like they’re about to dig deeper by insisting on shutting down the federal government.

Republicans — with narrow House and Senate majorities — want to pass a stopgap measure to keep the government funded , and running, after Sept. 30.

Yet Democrats are poised to block the bill — because their base voters are demanding they “do something,” no matter how stupid the gesture.

Republicans made that mistake many times in past shutdowns, as their base demanded symbolic action no matter the price.

Now President Donald Trump’s recent “pocket rescission” — unilaterally canceling $5 billion in foreign-aid funding, carefully timed to give Congress no chance to override him — has only redoubled Dems’ fury at their impotence

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