Mar 16, 2011 – Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Chuck Schumer are not, and the short-term strategy is letting them get away with it. … He states that Democrats are more afraid of a shutdown than Republicans. That is simply not true. … However, Senators Durbin and Schumer are all but rooting for a shutdown, while Congressional Republicans are petrified of that prospect…

Dec 18, 2019 – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the … -Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. … Schumer and other party leaders will scramble for new information to throw at the president, and at Republicans, until it is over.…

Dec 17, 2019 – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the … -Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. … Ironically, Schumer voted to do so, making his recent rantings about the narrowness of the process incredibly hypocritical.…

Sep 5, 2024 – with no more than two dots.Perfect example: Proof of citizenship to vote.Even more perfect: Weaselly Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer … a requirement of proof of citizenship to register to vote, which is bipartisan.During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Schumer … Schumer told ABC that a stop-gap spending bill including rules requiring proof of citizenship would meet the same fate.It certainly…

Sep 22, 2024 – Leaders in Congress announced Sunday that they’d come to an agreement on funding that will avoid a partial government shutdown that … negotiations have been underway to reach an agreement that maintains current funding through December 20 and avoids a government shutdown … He said he understood their frustrations but that a devastating shutdown had to be avoided.Johnson warned Republicans against a shutdown…

Jan 7, 2024 – demanded, however, risking Johnson’s good standing among his House Republican conference and raising the specter of a government shutdown … While speaking on "Face the Nation," Johnson tells host Margaret Brennan that he will not wield the leverage of a government shutdown … BACKGROUND: Speaker Johnson Says No Shutdown Over the Border, and It's Time to Talk About the Elephant in the Room This is just the…

Sep 13, 2024 – ;It was during the pandemic in April of 2020 when the unemployment rate was over 14 percent, a direct result of the government shutdown … Dale ignore the reason for the block of the Senate bill was that the House passed a far more restrictive border bill, but Chuck Schumer…

Sep 6, 2024 – Yet, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) complained in a recent interview that it's Johnson and the Republicans who want to … a one-party plan--something my colleague Mike Miller pointed out just isn't so:During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Schumer … Schumer Refuses to Say Why He Opposes Proof of Citizenship to VoteWith Vote on SAVE Act, House Dems Reveal Their Stance on Noncitizen…

Mar 19, 2024 – not been released, and sources describe it as an “agreement in principle,” but if it holds it would avert a partial government shutdown … remainder of fiscal year 2024, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, closing out the six bills due by Friday’s shutdown … #BREAKING: Congressional leaders strike deal on Homeland Security funding ahead of shutdown deadline https://t.co/2Zs2v27THb pic.twitter.com…

Mar 23, 2024 – Yet again, Congress has passed a bloated budget bill that nobody's read at the very last minute to avoid a government shutdown - as … thing.Around noontime Friday the House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion spending package, avoiding the dreaded "government shutdown … after 2 AM, Eastern Daylight Time.BREAKING: Senate passes $1.2 trillion spending package, 74-24, after brief partial government shutdown…

Dec 18, 2024 – And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want. … It is Schumer and Biden who are holding up aid to our farmers and disaster relief. … Concerns over a government shutdown are overblown and ridiculous.…

Dec 18, 2024 – statement from Trump in the late afternoon, has forced Johnson back to the drawing board on a plan to prevent a Christmastime shutdown … And we should pass a streamlined spending bill that doesn’t give Chuck Schumer and the Democrats everything they want.Republicans want … But as of now, there are fears in Washington D.C. that a shutdown is unavoidable.…

Dec 20, 2024 – overwhelmingly voted against the second attempt at a continuing resolution (CR), which aimed to fund the government and avoid a shutdown … Johnson-Schumer deal, next day walk away. And now this deal walk away from it.Who do we trust in this body? … Cable Guy Rips ‘Grandma Purple Hair’ Rosa DeLauro After Dem's Nutty Rant About Elon MuskTrump Tells Democrats 'You Voted for a Shutdown…

Dec 18, 2024 – Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in the United States Senate, was taking questions from reporters Wednesday morning when CNN's … that members reportedly have just three days to read.READ MORE: Congress Releases Continuing Resolution Ahead of Government Shutdown…

Dec 21, 2024 – ) of a continuing resolution (CR) crafted by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, in an effort to avoid a partial government shutdown … That likely means a technical shutdown for a few minutes or an hour. … But no crisis"One of the amendments by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) "came close" to passing," per Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…

Dec 22, 2024 – After months of a looming threat of a government shutdown, this week saw it ramped up to high drama, with asinine politics and partisan … That would make Chuck Schumer the responsible party.…

Jan 4, 2025 – school officials to come out and state this was patently false.Chris Hayes/MSNBC - When Congress was looking to avoid a government shutdown … bill has floated around since the Obama years; it passed the GOP-led House in March but had been smothered in the Senate by Chuck Schumer…