Schumer under fire as Democrats split over backing GOP funding bill
Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the ...
Schumer defends support for GOP funding bill ahead of Senate votes to avoid shutdown
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Friday morning to defend his decision to support a Republican ...
Senate to vote on advancing GOP funding bill to avert government shutdown
The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government ...
These Senate Democrats say they’re voting ‘no’ on the GOP government funding bill
The Senate is nearing a key test vote as lawmakers work to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.
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 ...
Democrats erupt after Senate leader caves to GOP in funding fight
After the top Democrat in the Senate said he would vote to advance the GOP-led funding bill, other party members erupted over ...
Senate Democrats say they'll oppose GOP funding bill as government shutdown deadline looms
N.Y., and other Senate Democrats said they will oppose the six-month GOP government spending bill and want a one-month CR ...
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 ...
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 ...
Senate pushes closer to shutdown after Democrats spurn funding bill
Senate Democrats say they are prepared to vote against the Republicans’ bill if lawmakers do not strike a deal by Friday ...
Senate Democrats relent on six-month stopgap funding bill
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said he'll vote to let the GOP-drafted stopgap funding measure pass, likely ...
Third Senate Democrat backs GOP spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown
The bill will need 60 votes to invoke cloture to advance to a full vote, meaning eight Democrats must join Republicans in approving the stopgap funding bill.