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Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their first big battle against President Donald Trump — and instead have been left fuming.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1h

Democrats Implore Schumer to Reverse Course as Vote on Funding Bill Nears

The party’s Senate leader said the GOP measure is better than enduring a shutdown, ahead of this weekend’s deadline.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

Schumer says Democrats will block GOP funding bill, heightening shutdown alert

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.

Democrats, Senate and Shutdown Standoff

The Associated Press on MSN · 41m

Senate works to prevent a government shutdown as Democrats divide ahead of the midnight deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending decisions or voting no and letting a funding lapse ensue.

Politico · 1d

Senate Dems’ last-minute shutdown gambit

Senate Democrats are still not committing to helping Republicans pass a seven-month funding stopgap, edging the country closer to a government shutdown as they attempt to force a vote on a shorter funding patch.

Time on MSN · 20h

In Shutdown Standoff, Republicans Bank on Democrats Caving

For weeks, Senate Democrats have tried to have it both ways as they’ve faced a tricky choice: cast a vote that allows for a government shutdown in hopes of saving some federal jobs or give into Republicans’ spending regime in the name of keeping the lights on.

Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown

The top Senate Democrat said his members were not ready to provide the votes to allow the Republican-written stopgap spending ...

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Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasts Schumer over GOP funding plan vote

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill ...

Anadolu Agency41s

Trump congratulates Senate Democratic leader for backing bill to avoid shutdown

US President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for deciding to vote to advance a ...

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Democrats’ first big chance to check Trump may make them look even weaker

Washington Democrats finally have a first point of leverage against President Donald Trump — but it comes with a dilemma that could leave them looking even more hapless than they have so far in his ...

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Swing-state Democrats oppose GOP budget despite Senate leadership approval

Many Senate Democrats in states that voted for President Donald Trump plan to vote against the Republican-led government ...

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