It seems like a smart tactic by Schumer if my theory is correct about the dems wanting the swamp creatures to stay embeddee while Doge tries to root them out.
Now, if the republican want to get the shut-down (which normally they wouldn’t), they will have to vote for it in a majority, which means dems/media can say they own it.
Once the bill is passed, DOGE still has to root out people doing nothing and find the diversion of funds. That may or may not happen. A Schumer Shutdown would absolutely cut the NGO funding, and trigger massive layoffs as well as inspection of where every dime of government money was going. That’s worse that DOGE. Further, it calls into question why there was no Budget in the first place and why the government is out of money when Trump has been attempting to be fiscally responsible his first 50 days in office.....Which goes right back to the Democrats.
Schumer had to agree, or it would be much much worse for the Democrats.