With a government shutdown looming due to Democratic budget demands, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is having trouble leading anything.
According to reporting from the inside-the-Beltway outlet Axios, Schumer privately floated a way to fix the shutdown if it happens before he publicly denounced the same idea as a way to prevent the shutdown in the first place.
He was facing an “open mutiny” in his own party, Axios reported.
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Schumer’s idea was a bill to fund the government for seven to 10 days to provide a chance for Democrats to negotiate with Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump to restore funding Democrats want for Obamacare subsidies, among other Democratic priorities. Without a deal of any kind, the government is due to run out
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