US EditionDemocratic Senators Negotiated for Release of Billions in Funds in Exchange for Confirmation Deals, Sources Say
UNITED STATES SENATE, AUG 3 – Senate Democrats demanded billions for health and foreign aid funding to advance about 140 Trump nominees, including 30 ambassadors, before the August recess, sources said.
- Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer negotiated with GOP leaders for billions in government funds in exchange for confirming about 140 Trump nominees before the August recess on Saturday.
- The negotiations broke down after three days because President Trump rejected demands for over one billion dollars, including $5 billion for NIH and other foreign aid, calling it political extortion.
- Schumer accused Trump of pushing historically unqualified nominees and called Trump’s tactics bullying, while Trump accused Democrats of deliberately delaying talented nominees and labeled them crazed lunatics.
- Trump posted on Truth Social telling Schumer to "GO TO HELL" and praised Republican senators like John Thune for their efforts, while Thune said the nominations process is broken with Democrats dug in on an unworkable position.
- The Senate recessed for August without advancing nominees, leaving about 140 pending, highlighting persistent deadlock and raised tensions over nomination and funding processes.
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President Donald Trump unloaded on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after lawmakers left for their August recess without confirming many waiting political nominees. The president slammed an “egregious” demand by the Democrat leader, which he likened to “political extortion,” telling Schumer to “GO TO HELL” in a blistering post on Truth Social. “Trump has been pressuring Senate Republicans for weeks to cancel the August recess and grind throu…
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Democratic senators negotiated for release of billions in funds in exchange for confirmation deals, sources say
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with Republican leadership for the release of billions in government funds for the National Institutes of Health, World Food Program and other spending, sources said.
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