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Democrats divided after moderates split to end shutdown

Season 2025 Episode 46 | 9m 35s

Democrats are wrestling with fissures between the moderate senators who brokered the deal to end the government shutdown and the progressive wing of the party, which hoped to hold the line.

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Full Washington Week with the Atlantic broadcast from March 13, 2026.
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