Just hours after the shutdown began, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said that if the Republicans work with them, “the shutdown could go away very quickly.”But that won’t be easy. The bill Democrats voted against was a simple extension of funding for 45 days, legislation they say should be noncontroversial. Some wavering Democrats emerge in shutdown sagaRepublicans were encouraged Tuesday evening when three Democrats voted with them to keep the government open — Democratic Sens. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Republicans triggered a shutdown in 2013 over Obama’s health care law. Bipartisan negotiations in the Senate finally ended the shutdown after 16 days, and Republicans did not win any major concessions on health care.