Senate Republicans are pushing intensely to nab the five additional Democratic votes they need to unlock their bill to end the government shutdown.

Republicans have shown little willingness to negotiate on the top Democratic priority — an extension of enhanced health care subsidies — as part of any funding deal, and instead are attempting to work directly to pick off the requisite support.

The GOP needs eight Democratic votes to advance the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) and three members of the Democratic caucus sided with them on Tuesday’s vote.

But Democrats have shown few signs of budging since the Tuesday tally. In two votes since, no other senators jumped aboard, with discussions toward a deal on those tax credits seemingly hitting a wall.

“At some point, they’ve got to

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