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Appropriations leaders Rosa DeLauro and Patty Murray have eloquently presented the case that we must have a better choice: a four-week funding extension to keep government open and negotiate a bipartisan agreement,
For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address this country's needs. But even if the White House says differently, Mr. Trump and Elon Musk want a shutdown. We should not give them one. The risk of allowing the president to take even more power via a government shutdown is a much worse path,
he wrote in a Friday opinion essay for The New York Times We, the undersigned, completely reject Mr. Schumer's approach of appeasement in response to the deeply irresponsible, dangerous, and cruel attacks by Trump and Elon Musk on the American people,
I have not seen such uniting anger across the party in a long, long time,
she said, according to Politico Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for doing the right thing—Took 'guts' and courage! The big Tax Cuts, L.A. fire fix, Debt Ceiling Bill, and so much more, is coming. We should all work together on that very dangerous situation. A non pass would be a Country destroyer, approval will lead us to new heights. Again, really good and smart move by Senator Schumer."
President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Friday My YES vote is *not* an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR. My YES vote is [100 percent emoji] about refusing to shut our government down. I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos. I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever vote to shut our government down."
Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday F*** Chuck Schumer,
Until Senate Democrats force Mr. Schumer to step down as Minority Leader, we will not give a dime to any Senate Democrat, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, or any other organization or committee that financially supports any Senate Democrat. Enough is enough. We need new leadership to meet this grave moment, and we need it now."
Hey did you know Chuck Schumer lives in our neighborhood? Well, nearby,
one wrote in a Friday post seen by Newsweek Speaker Pelosi did a great job at managing her caucus and was able to be a thorn in the side of Trump,
Shut the government down, plunge the country into chaos, risk a recession or Exchange cloture for a 30 day CR that 100% fails. The House GOP CR will then pass the Senate because it only needs 51 votes. Total theater is neither honest with constituents nor a winning argument."
Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, posted to X on Thursday He has definitely managed to stabilize a crazy Republican caucus,
It was a major accomplishment to hold the GOP members together,
She had gotten through a lot of Biden's agenda and her most brilliant work was the way she was able to get the Affordable Care Act passed under Obama—finalizing a bill when the Democrats had 60 Senate votes, and when they lost 60 that she was able make changes in the Act through a reconciliation bill which only required a Senate majority,
And so, to me, it is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free, when we’ve been sent here to protect Social Security, protect Medicaid, and protect Medicare,
I remember when Obama had all the cards, Mitch McConnell drove Obama nuts – twisted his pinky, broke his kneecaps, and got stuff done for Republicans when they shouldn’t have gotten an inch. They got miles, ... We want somebody who’s gonna stand up to this bully. Stand up to this bully. Do something."
the pundit continued, adding I’ve never seen this level of volcanic anger at a Democrat ever… Ever,
Jones said to CNN anchor Erin Burnett on Friday Now is the moment for Democrats to draw a line in the stand and say that we stand very firmly on the side of working class people and against the ultra-rich that are trying to corrupt our government for themselves,
When those individuals marched, there wasn’t one voice,
A picture is worth a thousand words!”
Troy Carter of Louisiana shared a photo of Trump and Schumer engaged in conversation with the caption
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