Posted on 03/15/2025 2:30:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Democrats on Capitol Hill are waging an internal war against one of their own after the GOP successfully muscled through the Senate a partisan spending bill that drew the votes of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), eight other Democrats and an independent.
The clash is pitting most of the party — including virtually every House Democrat — against Schumer, who infuriated members of his party on and off of Capitol Hill by saying Thursday night he would back the measure.
The differences over strategy badly split House and Senate Democrats.
House Democrats engaged in an active pressure campaign to convince Senate Democrats to vote against the bill, before and after Schumer’s announcement. A number of prospective Democratic presidential candidates, including Govs. Gavin Newsom of California and JB Pritzker of Illinois, also urged Democrats to oppose the bill.
The fissure shattered the message of unity Democrats were hoping to convey coming out of their annual strategy retreat this week.
It also eroded confidence within the party that Schumer will hold the line to block the Republicans’ agenda in the legislative fights to come — especially after a dozen House Democrats in tough districts voted against the measure Tuesday.
“[This] is a decision about trust and cooperation, because there will be a day where the Senate will need the House to move on something. And if there is an erosion of trust, and a breach of trust, such as what is being considered right now, it will make cooperation difficult,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who some see as a future prim
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“””Why can’t we all just agree to shut down the government permanently?”””
Six months on, six months off. Problem solved.
Schumer is the the democrat ATM money machine in the Senate.
Jeffries serves the same purpose in the House.
If either leader is forced out by the left wing radicals, it’s open season on the moneyed investor class.
As an opponent of the Socialist wing of the democrat party, I’m absolutely ‘elated’ at their political positioning for 2026 & 2028.
Lol...is that Al Green?
Idk how succesful he was in limiting damage. Immediate, maybe, but now they want his scalp.
In the long run, well...we now have a whole bunch of clips, of the mentally ill, running around, hair on fire, to any mic not already occupied. And they were all screaming for a shutdown. How the Democratic Party doesn't become the shutdown party is beyond me.
100% with one exception- I think more than one of them read the room
like chuck. I think some of the outrage is feigned - no point in all of them
ticking off their constituents
To use ochms razor and blend it with fermats last theorem:
Would you rather have the house democrats mad at you or 79 million Americans.
Seems to me an obvious choice if (and only if) you are considering how to save your own ass.
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