Sen. Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans on Wednesday for the continuing resolution to reopen the government, denying Democrats a symbolic win on the eighth day of the shutdown .

King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, had been wavering on his vote, expressing frustration with Republicans’ refusal to negotiate with Democrats over expiring Obamacare subsidies.

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But he returned to the rationale that first led him to side with the GOP, warning that a shutdown ceded too much authority to President Donald Trump as he threatens

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