{"id":2510010,"date":"2025-11-13T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-lost-the-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:31:53","slug":"chuck-schumer-lost-the-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-schumer-lost-the-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Schumer lost the government shutdown"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fchuck-schumer-lost-the-government-shutdown%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=2510010&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 - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s prominent role and perceived failure in the recent 43-day government shutdown.Progressive democrats criticized Schumer for the shutdown&#8217;s resolution, wich ended after the House passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >clean short-term spending bill<\/a> signed into law by President donald Trump without extending Obamacare subsidies. although eight Democratic-aligned senators broke ranks to vote for reopening the government-an effort not led or joined by Schumer-he faced widespread blame for poor leadership, either for tacitly supporting the deal or failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emmer-plots-path-to-speakership-as-possible-successor-to-scalise\/\" title=\"Emmer eyes speakership as potential Scalise successor.\">maintain party unity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent progressive figures and groups accused Schumer of ineffectiveness and betrayal,calling for his resignation as Senate Minority Leader. Despite bipartisan votes to end the shutdown, many Democrats, especially on the left, felt Schumer capitulated to Republicans and failed to protect affordable healthcare. This criticism is intensifying ahead of Democratic primaries, where Schumer&#8217;s leadership is increasingly under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the shutdown,Schumer was caught between holding a firm stance and managing internal party divisions. Although some Democrats applauded his earlier efforts to keep the government open, left-wing members demanded a stronger fight against the Trump management, especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pinkerton-joe-biden-and-john-kerrys-green-great-reset-punishes-america-rewards-china\/\" title=\"Pinkerton: Joe Biden and John Kerry\u2019s Green Great Reset Punishes America, Rewards China\">recent election results<\/a> seemed to validate thier approach.The article suggests that, with retiring figures like Nancy Pelosi soon leaving Congress, Schumer remains one of the last senior Democratic leaders facing mounting challenges to his authority.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chuck Schumer lost the government shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2399957\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) is the biggest loser of the 43-day <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> fight.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive Democrats are angry that the shutdown ended <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">on Wednesday night after the House passed a clean short-term spending bill and President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;signed it into law without ext<\/span>ending the expiring Obamacare subsidies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3884815\/aoc-ducks-criticize-schumer-new-york-senate-noise-real\/\">AOC ducks on criticizing Chuck Schumer, but admits New York Senate noise is real<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3883961\/byron-york-shutdown-anti-trump-protest-democrats\/\">Byron York says shutdown was an &#8216;anti-Trump protest&#8217; by Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3883173\/democrats-regroup-senate-obamacare-talks-shutdown-defeat\/\">Democrats &lsquo;regroup&rsquo; for Senate Obamacare talks after shutdown defeat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While the vote was bipartisan in both houses of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a>, the overwhelming majority of Democrats on Capitol Hill voted against reopening the government. But the shutdown was effectively ended earlier this week once eight senators who caucus with the Democrats broke ranks and voted for a deal that would fund government operations until early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer wasn&rsquo;t among the eight senators, but still caught most of the blame anyway. The thinking was that he was either tacitly in favor of the deal, which was brokered by his deputy, retiring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dick-durbin\/\">Dick Durbin<\/a> (D-IL), or powerless to keep the caucus together and stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Neither scenario reflected well on Schumer&rsquo;s leadership, according to many Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are talking about a coordinated effort of eight senators with the knowledge of Leader Schumer, voting to break with the entire Democratic Party in exchange for nothing,&rdquo; Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY), a possible Schumer primary challenger, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1988676140094169123\">complained<\/a> to CNN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer also caught flak from outside progressive groups. &ldquo;Chuck Schumer should step down as Senate Minority Leader immediately,&rdquo; Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of Our Revolution, said in a statement. &ldquo;If he secretly backed this surrender and voted &lsquo;no&rsquo; to save face, he&rsquo;s a liar. If he couldn&rsquo;t keep his caucus in line, he&rsquo;s inept. Either way, he&rsquo;s proven incapable of leading the fight to prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans. The country can&rsquo;t afford his failed leadership any longer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If this was Schumer&rsquo;s best, his best clearly isn&rsquo;t good enough,&rdquo; said Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in a message to donors. &ldquo;The legacy of Chuck Schumer is caving, not winning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On November 9, Chuck Schumer surrendered in the fight for affordable healthcare, supplying Republicans the votes necessary to advance a budget that will cause premiums to double and triple for millions of Americans,&rdquo; said the left-wing group Indivisible. &ldquo;This was not a capitulation by the entire Democratic Caucus. But the betrayal extends beyond the eight Democrats who voted yes. The fact that the group was comprised entirely of Senators who are retiring or who won&rsquo;t face primaries for several years points to these Dems giving cover to a larger faction eager to throw in the towel. &hellip; Despite his &lsquo;no&rsquo; vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s leadership.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indivisible closed its missive against &ldquo;Schumer&rsquo;s second massive capitulation to the Trump regime&rdquo; by urging supporters to contact Democratic senators to urge them to call for Schumer to step down as minority leader and allow someone else to lead the opposition to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s unlikely to happen anytime before next year&rsquo;s midterm elections. But Schumer will become an even bigger issue in the Democratic primaries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This happened because Chuck Schumer failed in his job yet again because they do not understand that when we fight, we win. When we hold the line for working families, for working people, we win. But they don&rsquo;t get this. They see all of this as a game,&rdquo; said Graham Platner, a progressive seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME). &ldquo;Call in today, call your senators. &hellip; Call your senators and say that Chuck Schumer can no longer be leader.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This was Schumer&rsquo;s unenviable position throughout the shutdown. To Republicans, it was the &ldquo;Schumer shutdown.&rdquo; However, many Democrats questioned Schumer&rsquo;s resolve from the beginning, as he had led a group of 10 senators from his caucus in voting to keep the government open in March.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) squared the circle by holding up a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/watch\/2365817\/\">copy of the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>magazine<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3353610\/disorder-democrats-struggle-to-find-way-election-loss-trump\/\">depicting<\/a> the left-wing revolt against Schumer in March. &ldquo;The far Left base has turned on Chuck Schumer because he did the responsible thing and put the lights on,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;Why? Because they want him to show a fight against President Trump. So Schumer doesn&rsquo;t want to be in this situation again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But it didn&rsquo;t appease the left wing of the Democratic Party, which believed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3875754\/democrats-off-year-elections-emboldening-against-trump\/\">winning the off-year elections <\/a>validated their strategy and made the case for keeping the government shut down longer, even with holiday meals and travel rapidly approaching. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who held out against the shutdown on all 15 Senate votes, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/11\/politics\/schumer-senate-shutdown-democrats?cid=ios_app\">later said<\/a> Schumer was &ldquo;discovering that you can&rsquo;t get back into the good graces of the Indivisible folks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3885456\/trump-bill-signing-government-shutdown\/\">TRUMP RAGES AT DEMOCRATS AND THE FILIBUSTER IN SIGNING BILL TO END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A handful of Democrats were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3833600\/how-long-party-government-keep-government-shut-down\/\">unwilling to continue to inflict<\/a> that kind of pain on their own constituents and provided just enough votes to break the Senate filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>Yet that may not be enough cover for Schumer, who, with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3877438\/nancy-pelosi-will-not-seek-reelection-2026\/\">announcement<\/a> that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will retire from Congress in 2027, is the last member of the old guard still standing. 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