Connecticut politicians are decrying a federal government shutdown that’s bringing a fresh cycle of uncertainty to American politics. In Connecticut, Democrats were quick to decry the shutdown Wednesday morning. Twenty million Americans are going to see their health care costs skyrocket.”Democrats are demanding funding for health care subsidies that are expiring for millions of people under the Affordable Care Act, spiking the costs of insurance premiums nationwide. Reaction rolls in from CT DemocratsU.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal told Connecticut Public’s “The Wheelhouse” Wednesday that he believes there is a path to end the shutdown. “I certainly pray they will come to their senses,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said, flanked by GOP leaders at the Capitol.