Senate Democrats eye exit from record-breaking shutdown as pressure intensifies

Senate Democrats are trying to figure out their exit strategy from the record-breaking government shutdown.

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Among the options Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus mulled were a vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies, attaching a host of spending bills to the government funding extension and likely extending the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) until December or January.

Following a nearly three-hour, closed-door lunch, Schumer gave little indication as to what Democrats’ move would be. He noted that the longer-than-usual caucus lunch went well, and that Senate Democrats were "exploring all the options."