Senate Democrats get little as shutdown fight ends with a punt

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government shutdown is nearly over after three days, and for many Democrats, it couldn’t end soon enough. 
The impasse exposed the Democrats’ limits on how far they were willing to go with the fight, at the risk of looking beholden to one part of their base -- activists pushing to allow the so-called dreamers to stay in the U.S. legally.
At the same time, the debate exacerbated bitter differences within the Republican Party that may prevent Congress and P