Democratic senators increasingly see shutting down the government to send a message to President Trump as a political necessity, Democratic aides and strategists say.

These frustrated Democrats think they need to do something drastic to push back on the Trump administration and buck up their own demoralized voters — and the looming, Sept. 30 government funding deadline may be one of their best remaining chances.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) thinks the hardline Democratic strategy is starting to pay off after Trump agreed to meet with Democratic leaders at the White House Monday, something the president had previously refused to do.

“We've been resolute that we need a meeting, that we need a real negotiation, that you don't do this by one party putting together a compl

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