AOC’s opposition to Schumer on spending fight fuels Senate primary speculation

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) decision to advance a Republican spending bill set off a wave of anger on the Left and possibly opened the door for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to try to topple the longtime Democratic powerhouse. 

Schumer sided with Republicans on a vote to advance President Donald Trump’s government funding resolution Friday, splitting with fellow New Yorker and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who led a boycott of the bill in favor of a short-term solution to avoid a government shutdown.

Schumer was joined by nine others in the Democratic caucus to move forward on a bill that Ocasio-Cortez lobbied hard to block: Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Angus King (I-VT), Dick Durbin, (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Gary

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