In the midst of the appeal to resign as the head of the Senate minority, Senator Chuck Schumer said he would not be and defended his decision to support the resolution continues to finance the government.
“The CR was certainly bad, you know, the resolution continues. But a closure would be 15 or 20 times worse,” said Schumer to “Meet the Press” from NBC on Sunday. “By virtue of a closure, the executive power has the only power to determine what is, quote”, essential. [Office of Management and Budget Director Russell] Vought, as the head of the OMB, they would avoid the federal government. »»
The leader of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, left the Democratic Caucus lunch at the American Capitol, March 13, 2025 in Washington.
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In an interview with Co-Angré Jonathan Karl on “this week” of ABC News, independent senator Bernie Sanders said he was disappointed with the Democrats’ response to Trump’s second term. But he said that the problem goes beyond Schumer.
“There was no one more critical of Chuck Schumer than me, and not only on this thing. But the essential is not only Chuck Schumer, it is not only Chuck Schumer. It is, you have a democratic party in general which is dominated by the billionaires, just as the republican party is which is very well contacting,” said Denver during a stop during his tour “Fighting Oligarchy” on Saturday.
Democratic representative Ro Khanna would not say if he would encourage the Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to challenge Schumer for re-election in three years, but said that there were others in the party which must encourage him to do so.
“Well, it is really his decision. I will say that there were a lot of people with a democrat retirement who had encouraged him,” said Khanna on the “Union state” of CNN. “But here is what I will say: the American people are fed up with the old guard. There must be a renewal. You know, in Silicon Valley, when a business is not doing well, you do not keep the same team, and I think there will be a new generation in this country. He wants to see a more convincing economic message.”
-Abc News’ Hannah Demissie
