Senate Democrats are taking a moment after Tuesday night's resounding off-year wins before making any firm moves to reopen the government.

Why it matters: Victory is emboldening the party's hardliners. Centrist Democrats seem stuck. • While their negotiations continued Wednesday, they aren't taking concrete steps to end the talking and start the voting.

State of play: Thursday's caucus-wide meeting could potentially be decisive, aides told Axios but divisions in the party clearly remain. • "I think it would be very strange if on the heels of the American people having rewarded Democrats for standing up and fighting, we surrendered without getting anything for the people we've been fighting for," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told Axios today. • At least nine Senate Democrats, includi

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