Democratic senators huddled Thursday amid talk of a possible looming compromise with President Trump and his Republican allies to end the government shutdown that is already in a record-setting second month.

Moderate lawmakers were pushing leaders to forge a deal to reopen the government as the pain from the shutdown keeps getting worse with officials cutting flights over a shortage of air traffic controllers and tens of millions of low-income people struggling to feed their families without SNAP benefits.

Other Democrats warned against caving to Trump without winning concessions on his draconian health care cuts, especially after voters effectively backed their stance by delivering big wins in the off-year elections on Tuesday.

“Donald Trump clearly is feeling pressure to bring

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