Scoop: Inside freshman Dems' private shutdown huddles

• A group of first-year Senate Democrats will hold its latest shutdown strategy session Wednesday, the sources said. They met for the first time last Thursday.
• The group is meeting in moderate Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)'s office, the sources said.
• Every freshman Senate Democrat has repeatedly voted against a House-passed GOP funding bill over the last two weeks.

The big picture: Democrats are convinced they are winning the shutdown battle. But this class of first-year Senate Democrats faces different pressures than many of their colleagues.

• Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) has the most federal workers per capita in her state. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has the most total federal workers in his state, with over 150,000.
• Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Az.) both won in states President Trump carried last year.

Zoom out: Top Democrats quickly rejected potential off-ramps Republicans floated last week. And party leaders aren't engaged in any constructive talks.

• A bipartisan group of lawmakers did meet for dinner in D.C. last week, where they discussed the shutdown.
• Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) are senior Democrats to keep an eye on in shutdown talks.