Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York broke with his party Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a Friday night deadline.
"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.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being encouraged to mount a primary challenge to the Senate 's top Democrat after he agreed to ...
House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
As of Wednesday night, it looked like a path was emerging whereby Senate Democrats would abandon plans to filibuster the ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took up consideration of a measure in 2022 to shift to a watered-down “talking ...
In a clandestine twist, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) whispered to fellow Democrats over a private lunch ...
Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said he would vote to end the filibuster, indicating sufficient support among ...
NY, said he plans to vote for a Republican bill to fund the government through September, paving the way for other Democrats ...
With funding set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, several more Senate Democrats remain non-committal while others publicly ...
American politics has ended, at least temporarily. The out-party has to do something to try to reverse that, no? Even if that something risks making it toxic to swing voters.