None of the Senate Democratic caucus members who caved to Republican pressure to reopen the government will have to face voters in next year’s midterm elections.

Of the seven Democrats and one Independent who broke ranks to support a continuing resolution that will fund the government through January 30, two have announced they are retiring, and six are not up for re-election until 2028 or 2030.

The Senate voted 60-40 on Sunday to approve a stopgap measure that will fund most federal agencies and guarantee back pay for furloughed workers, which they were legally entitled to anyway.

It does not, however, include Democrats’ original demands to roll back Republican cuts to Medicaid and extend health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

Instead, Republican Senate Majority

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