Which Senators Broke Ranks with Democrats to Advance Republican Plan to End the Shutdown?

Democrats eyeing 2028 rebuke Senate deal, widening party divide

Democrats eyeing the 2028 elections are using the fallout from the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to draw a sharper contrast with the party’s aging Senate leadership, unleashing unusually blunt criticism of the compromise that helped reopen the government. California Gov. Gavin Newsom was among the first to go public with his frustration. “Pathetic,” he wrote Sunday on the social platform X in response to the vote. “This isn’t a dea…

Schumer Gets More Bad News As Calls For His Removal Grow In The Face Of His Shutdown Ending In Disaster - The American Tribune.com

Democrats are blowing a gasket following what they view as the ultimate betrayal from eight party members in their Senate caucus who decided to break ranks on Sunday evening and vote in favor of advancing a stopgap deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The rage is causing a massive implosion within the Democratic Party, a fire that’s now burning its leadership, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Sen. Ch…

Democrats Escalate Calls for Schumer’s Ouster as Minority Leader

Dissent is intensifying among Senate Democrats as House lawmakers and activist groups call for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to resign. They say he failed to maintain party unity in the wake of a deal with Republicans to end the government shutdown. After eight members of the Democratic caucus voted in favor of a continuing resolution to fund large parts of the federal government, a measure viewed by critics as a capitulation tha…

Schumer Attacked Over CR Vote to Reopen Government

The big loser in the fight to reopen the federal government was U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, despite his voting “no” on a continuing resolution to do so. “Progressive” leaders are furious and want Schumer replaced because eight Democrats defected and helped Republicans pass the bill. On the other hand, Senator ... The post Schumer Attacked Over CR Vote to Reopen Government appeared first on The New American.

The Editorial Cartoonists Severely Criticize Schumer's "Deal" to End the Government Shutdown

So Much Winning You may have noticed that editorial cartoonists rarely draw Democratic politicians. The Democrats don’t do foolish things to the same degree that Republicans do. If you’ve been following this diary series since I first started in 2009,...

Why Democrats need to get over their shutdown crackup

The NewsThe Democratic crackup that’s now underway in Washington is distracting the party from a series of brutal fights just ahead that will culminate in next year’s midterms.Democrats have one month to figure out how they want to handle a Senate vote on expiring health care tax credits; then they’ll face another shutdown deadline on Jan. 30. After that comes a round of House and Senate primaries — often featuring agitator candidates eager for …