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.
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.
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.
Schumer caves on shutdown battle with GOP, clearing way for funding bill passage
"As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option," Schumer said.
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.
Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to advance the House-approved measure.
What we know about the House GOP government funding bill
House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after Friday.
Democrats Clear Way for GOP Funding Bill, Ending Threat of Government Shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D, N.Y.) spoke from the Senate floor a day after he said Democrats were prepared to shut down the federal government. Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/ WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats took the threat of a government shutdown off the table,
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House passes funding bill ahead of Friday shutdown deadline in win for Republicans
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday succeeded in a high-stakes House vote to pass President Donald Trump’s plan to fund the government into the fall, overcoming far-right opposition as the GOP scrambles to avert a government shutdown Friday at midnight.
Schumer says he will vote to move forward with GOP funding bill to avert shutdown
Schumer (D-New York) said Thursday evening he intends to vote to advance the GOP funding bill the House passed earlier this week, lowering the odds of a federal government shutdown this weekend. “While [Republicans’] bill is very bad,
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 ...
Schumer to Advance GOP Funding Bill, Unwilling to Risk Government Shutdown as Deadline Nears
A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that ...
Top US Senate Democrat Schumer signals party support for spending bill to avert government shutdown
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday said he would vote to advance a ...
Senate Dems brace to vote for a bill they hate — to block Elon Musk
Democrats appear on the cusp of voting to avoid a shutdown because they fear the consequences of standing up to the Trump administration could be worse.
They’re ‘hogging our money’: D.C. kids tell Senate not to gut city’s funding
The window narrowed to reverse the $1 billion in cuts to D.C.’s budget as senators prepared to vote on the continuing ...
'Transformational': Texas Senate Bill 568 would overhaul special education funding
The bill "will lead to stunningly better outcomes for a number of our 775,000 school children with disabilities," the ...