Nicole Bump tried calling her U.S. senators in New Hampshire to oppose ending the government shutdown without extending healthcare subsidies.

Their voicemail boxes were full, inundated by messages from constituents on opposing sides of the longest government shutdown in history.

When New Hampshire's two Democratic senators voted Sunday night with Republicans to end the 40-day shutdown anyway, Bump and other constituents felt betrayed.

"I was really disappointed that my New Hampshire senators voted to end the shutdown. I think it really means that we have very little leverage left to get the health care subsidies extended that a lot of people need,” Bump said on the sidelines of the Veterans Day Parade in the New Hampshire town of Nashua. "So, it's really disappointing to me that they didn't seem to be listening to what their voters wanted,

Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan joined six other Democrats in providing crucial votes to allow the Senate to move forward on compromise legislation that would reopen the government.

Their decision drew sharp criticism from fellow Democrats, with some prominent voices in the party labeling it a "betrayal" and "pathetic.”

Republicans praised them for putting "principle over personal politics.”

The compromise, however, felt hollow for constituents like Bump.

"I wanted to tell them that it feels like all of this effort was for nothing. We went 40 days with people that weren't getting paychecks. A lot of people worried about their SNAP and food benefits. And at the end of the day we really ended up getting nothing for that. So, it was just really disappointing,” Bump said.

Shaheen, a senior Democrat who will be retiring from the Senate, often took the lead in negotiating the compromise legislation.

She had made it a priority to extend subsidies for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act, but she had also expressed reservations about voting to shut down the government.

In the end, she settled for a pledge from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota to hold a vote in December on the health subsidies.

Hassan, a former governor, had been involved with negotiations from early on and emphasized that the threats to federal food aid had made the situation more urgent.

The government funding bill refills funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as well as ensuring that states that spent their own funds to keep it running during the shutdown will be reimbursed.

"I was a little bit surprised, but at the end of the day, neither of them are running for election this year, so it seems like they were in it for themselves and maybe their donors and not so much their constituents,” Bump said.

The criticism reflects frustration not just with the deal's substance, but with what some see as a breakdown in representation.

"I have heard a lot of friends that are really upset as well. The Monday morning after it happened I had multiple people texting me that were really, really angry and needed to vent. So, I know a lot people that are upset,” Bump said.

Jessica Shelgosh, also attending the Veterans Day parade, expressed broader frustration with the shutdown itself.

"I think the shutdown's ridiculous,” Shelgosh said while waiting to watch her child matching in the parade. "I think it just goes to show you that our government is useless and they only seem to care about themselves because they're still getting paid.”

Angela Caron, waiting outside a Nashua shopping mall for her niece on the girl's birthday, supported ending the shutdown but worried about what comes next.

"I think that the shutdown should end, definitely. We need everybody back at work and, you know, and SNAP benefits need to come back for people that are in need of them. So, I think it would be a good thing if the government is back up and running before the holidays,” Caron said.

But she shared Bump's concerns over senators’ failure to protect healthcare subsidies in their compromise bill.

"So, I hope health care benefits for people don't go up and become more expensive. That's actually something people are in desperate need of. So, hopefully, that will remain the same so everybody can still get those benefits,” Caron said.

AP Video shot by Rodrique Ngowi.