AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Democrats shrug off grassroots demands to continue shutdown, block ICE funds
Democrats are expected to provide the necessary votes to reopen the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two weeks, multiple senior lawmakers tell Axios. Why it matters: That is sure to infuriate progressives and grassroots groups who have demanded the lawmakers keep the agency shut down as leverage to force drastic changes at ICE and Customs and Border Protection. - Members of the liberal group MoveOn are "calling offices and sending letters" urging them to use their leverage, a spokesperson told Axios. - But many Democrats are wary of letting DHS funding lapse, citing their districts' need for disaster relief funding and the fact that the DHS stopgap is meant to facilitate negotiations on compromise ICE…