For the record, Chuck Schumer voted against the motion to proceed on a government-reopening measure that is likely to bring his eight-plus years as Senate democratic leader to an end, probably sooner rather than later. But that doesn’t seem to matter. Democrats angry over the abrupt abandonment of a Senate filibuster that seemed to be working in the party’s favor are blaming Schumer, either because they believe he quietly encouraged the eight Democrats who defected , or because he couldn’t keep them in line.

The denunciations of the deal are coming in so fast that it’s hard to keep track of them, many from the very Democrats who will face voters in key 2026 Senate contests, as Politico reports :

Across the Senate map, opposition spanned Schumer’s handpicked recruits — who’ve been l

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