Democrats Revive Shutdown Playbook—Though the Last Fight Was No Triumph

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The wisdom of the all-but-certain government shutdown on the horizon is dictated by a simple question: Was last year’s record-breaking version worth it?

Democrats seem surprisingly unified as they steer into another shutdown, this time tied to President Donald Trump’s dragnet operation against immigrants instead of an end to subsidies for health insurance used by roughly 20 million Americans.