Democrats Outline Demands as Threat of Shutdown Looms

FILE — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2017. The Senate returns on Jan. 3 with its Republican majority down to one seat and buoyed Democrats issuing a full list of demands — such as funding children’s health care and protecting young undocumented immigrants — just weeks before another possible government shutdown. (Zach Gibson/The New York Times)