{"id":2413424,"date":"2025-03-16T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-urges-senate-colleagues-to-reconsider-schumer-as-leader-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T22:25:01","slug":"house-dem-urges-senate-colleagues-to-reconsider-schumer-as-leader-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dem-urges-senate-colleagues-to-reconsider-schumer-as-leader-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Dem urges Senate colleagues to reconsider Schumer as leader &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-dem-urges-senate-colleagues-to-reconsider-schumer-as-leader-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a move some Democrats are calling for as the party seethes over the Senate Democratic leader helping Republicans advance a GOP-crafted spending bill that averted a government shutdown last week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s four years from now,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;If you were asking me, at least in two years, then I would have an absolute answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) questions the witnesses during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on &ldquo;The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud&rdquo; on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crockett went on to say Schumer was &ldquo;absolutely wrong&rdquo; in his argument that opposing the funding measure would have led to a shutdown and further enable the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>&rsquo;s slashing of the federal workforce and spending.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Democrats, most of whom opposed Schumer&rsquo;s position, have had mixed reactions, with some offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3348818\/democrats-silence-backing-schumer-trump-funding-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deafening silence<\/a> in their confidence with Schumer and others defending him for being stuck with no good options.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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I think the House caucus is going to work through their priorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Coons added, &ldquo;The one thing that unifies all of us is clarity that we oppose the reconciliation agenda being advanced by Republicans, that we oppose the tariffs that Trump is putting on [and] taking off, putting on [and] taking off, and raising prices and reducing growth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2039514\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039514\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crockett urges Senate colleagues to reconsider Schumer as leader Rep. 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