Democrats have made their bed, but whether they can sleep in it – or eventually get out – is anyone’s guess.

Forty-four Democrats voted Tuesday to block a House-passed spending plan just hours before a long-anticipated funding deadline, sending the federal government careening toward a full shutdown for the first time since 2013.

The gambit is sure to please, if only temporarily, the radical Democrat base clamoring for further resistance to President Donald Trump’s government.

But with little incentive for Republicans to make concessions to Democrats, no apparent path for Democrats to exit the shutdown exists. And the plan is widely predicted to backfire, causing long-term damage to Democrats.

Only three Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman (PA), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), and Angus King

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