US EditionDemocrats begin calls for Schumer’s ouster after some in his caucus fold on shutdown fight
- After a 41-day standoff, a bipartisan deal reopened the government, ending the longest shutdown and sending a bill to the House that the White House says it will sign if passed.
- Senate leader Schumer faced growing dissent within his caucus as eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to support the reopening, while the progressive wing called it a massive squandering of leverage.
- Household finances showed strain, with utility arrearages swelling to $23 billion and the student loan delinquency rate rising to 14.26 percent this quarter.
- GOP leaders celebrated holding their ground as Senate's 60-40 vote ended the shutdown, with Trump declaring, `He thought he could break the Republicans, and the Republicans broke him`.
- Speculation about Schumer's future has intensified among Democrats as Representative Ro Khanna urged him to step aside ahead of Schumer's 2028 reelection and potential challenge from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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New York Senator Chuck Schumer loves to call himself Shomer Yisrael, the Guardian of Israel. It sounds noble, even biblical. But after the longest government closure in modern American history, the title sounds empty. Schumer is not the guardian of Israel. He is the one who abandoned his people. And now, the same party he sold it to is turning against him. Read more]]>
Schumer Refocused on Midterms as Calls for Ouster Mount
Many liberals want Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to no longer lead the Democratic caucus. But his fellow Senate Democrats aren't calling for his head just yet. Criticism has mounted against Schumer after Democrats agreed to join Republicans in voting to reopen the government without getting an extension of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Schumer voted against the bill, which has not been lost on his colleagues. "Chuck did…
The government shutdown is ending, but it could fuel Democrats’ leadership backlash in 2026 primaries - The Boston Globe
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer may have voted against the deal to end the shutdown, but that hasn't stop the left from calling his leadership into question.
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Schumer faces criticism as shutdown nears end, but his job appears safe
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer led his caucus and the country into a record-breaking government shutdown and voted against reopening when some of his members defected.
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