Analyst: Democrats could force another govt shutdown in 3 weeks The US Senate reaches a deal to reopen the federal government, with Democrats accepting a compromise spending bill to end days of partisan bickering that forced hundreds of thousands of government employees to stay home without pay. Analyst Molly Reynolds says that it is unusual to see a government shutdown under unified party control and the Democrats still have the "ability to potentially force another shutdown over the issue of immigration ". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES