Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday that he is pushing for Democrats to “reengage” in bipartisan talks to end the shutdown after the “wheels fell off” when Democrats unified around a plan to push for more concessions.

The two sides were closing in on a deal centered on a short-term spending measure with a “minibus” of three full-year spending bills attached and a future vote on a health care subsidy package in some form.

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