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It might be crass to parse the human misery caused by the shutdown for a partisan win after a political duel that deprived millions of Americans of food benefits, left federal workers with $0 paychecks, and created chaos and safety fears in commercial aviation.
But the crisis — precipitated by the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, whose prices are skyrocketing — was fought for multilayered political reasons.
It will influence judgments on Trump’s second presidency and the Republican majorities in Congress and help define the trajectory of the Democratic Party’s comeback bid ahead of next year’s midterm elections.