If the results of the crucial Sunday vote are any indication, the outcome Democrats fought so hard against is now set to happen, potentially in the next few days.
And though Schumer does not publicly support the compromise, lawmakers and Democrat-affiliated groups have turned on him, criticizing his leadership and calling for his ouster.
“It was a colossal leadership failure, and Chuck Schumer should resign as minority leader immediately if he had a shred of honor or shame.”.
“Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership,” he wrote on X Monday.
House Republicans had sent the Senate a short-term funding measure that almost all Democrats in the lower chamber opposed.
Schumer survived, and when the latest funding battle began 41 days ago, his office collaborated with those same groups on their shutdown strategy.
He did not vote to advance the bill when it cleared an important procedural vote on Sunday night. »
