Senate Majority Leader John Thune is dangling another carrot for Democrats. They still aren’t ready to bite.
In his latest pressure tactic, the South Dakota Republican is teeing up yet another vote to reopen the government Friday, the 38th day of the record-setting shutdown. But this time, he is pledging to swap out the House-passed stopgap bill for a new funding patch, likely into January, along with full-year funding for veterans programs, food aid and more.
“It’s what they asked for,” Thune said Thursday night.
But Democrats, stiffened by their party’s big election wins Tuesday that have papered over rising internal divisions, are expected…
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