Senate Republicans echoed a similar sentiment on Tuesday, arguing that it was not Schumer but the party’s left-wing flank demanding a shutdown to fight Trump. “I expect to see a shutdown because Schumer’s left-wing demands it,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, the second-ranking Senate Republican, told the DCNF Tuesday. Moreover, divisions within the Senate Democratic Caucus came into focus late Tuesday evening, when several Democrats voted with Republicans to avert a shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune needs to convince just five additional Senate Democrats to cross party lines and fund the government. Just 30% of voters have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, according to a recent Quinnipiac University survey.