From top left: Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin, Jacky Rosen, John Fetterman and Catherine Cortez Masto. From bottom left: Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan and Tim Kaine, with independent Sen. Angus King. Getty Images/Reuters
A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown , saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the standoff.
The negotiators argued that Republicans’ “flat refusal” to move on Democrats’ earlier proposals made clear that “this is the best possible offer we could secure.”
Here’s a look at some of those members, and their rationale for ending the shutdown.
Four of them are former governors of their home states and none are up for reelectio

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