Democrats are backing away from a potential floor fight over “Dreamers,” marking a shift in field tactics from earlier this year as they prepare to do battle with Republicans next week over a major government funding bill.
January’s brief government shutdown stemmed from Democrats insisting on adding language to a short-term spending package that would have protected from deportation immigrants who came to the country illegally as children, often referred to as Dreamers.
They later acknowledge, privately, that the standoff didn’t help and may even have imperiled vulnerable Democrats running for reelection in*red states like Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota.
