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Axios
08-07-2025
- Business
- Axios
Schumer draws line in government funding fight
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is bracing Democrats for a government funding fight, foreshadowing "grave implications" if Republicans pass President Trump's $9.4 billion rescissions package. Why it matters: The Democratic leader holds significant leverage over an upcoming government shutdown fight, and is monitoring closely how GOP leaders handle the measure to claw back billions in government funding. "This is beyond a bait-and-switch — it is a bait and poison-to-kill," Schumer said to Senate Democrats in a "dear colleague" letter Monday. "Senate Republicans must reject this partisan path and instead work with Democrats on a bipartisan appropriations process." Trump's rescissions package would claw back money already appropriated by Congress for foreign aid, Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio. Congress faces a government funding deadline at the end of September. The big picture: The White House's rescissions package needs just a simple majority of votes to get through the Senate. But any measure to avoid a shutdown before October will need Democratic support. That places significant leverage in the hands of Schumer and Senate Democrats, who want the rescissions package killed or, at least, heavily modified. "Senate Republicans face a defining choice with consequences that will be felt far beyond the halls of power," Schumer said in the letter. Between the lines: Schumer faced intense internal and external backlash earlier this year when he voted with Senate Republicans to avoid a government shutdown in March. Schumer reasoned then that a government shutdown was more harmful than passing the GOP-authored short term government funding measure. Lawmakers and activists alike said they wanted Schumer to fight harder against Republican rule of the government and saw the looming government shutdown as the Democrats' biggest — and probably only — leverage point in negotiations. But other Senate Democrats at the time agreed with Schumer's decision to vote to fund the government, arguing privately it was the right move.
The Hill
05-07-2025
- Health
- The Hill
Beshear on potential White House bid: ‘I'll think about it after next year'
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) said he'll consider a 2028 White House bid in an article published Friday while seething over the 'big, beautiful bill' backed by Republicans in Congress. 'Two years ago, I wouldn't have considered [running for president]. But if I'm somebody who could maybe heal and bring the country back together, I'll think about it after next year,' Beshear told Vanity Fair. The Kentucky governor's term ends in 2027 and he's pledged to complete his tenure in office before launching another political bid for a higher office. Fellow party members Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) have also been listed as potential contenders for the presidency as Democrats look to claw back the executive branch after their November loss. Political pundits have suggested the GOP-authored spending package will have a significant impact on midterm elections and cycles that follow as Americans grapple with the possibility of losing their healthcare coverage, a top issue for Beshear. 'What the Republican majority is getting wrong is that the American people don't view health care in a partisan way. They want to be able to see their doctor when they need to, and they want their neighbor to be able to see their doctor,' Beshear, Kentucky's former attorney general, said in the interview. 'No state will be able to compensate for the level of devastation that this bill would cause. What they're doing is immoral, and it's certainly not Christian,' he added. The legislation is set to remove millions from Medicaid and introduce stricter work requirements for food stamp benefits and other social services. However, Beshear said in order to break through on the cuts, Democrats will need to help voters conceptualize the ongoing impact of the bill. 'If Democrats say this bill is going to increase food insecurity, their point's not going to get through. If they say people are going to go hungry, it will,' he said. 'And we have to explain not just what we disagree with in this bill, but why. And my why is my faith. The parable of the fishes and the loaves is in every book of the gospel. My faith teaches me that in a country that grows enough food for everyone that no one should starve.'
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mass. GOP slams House's rejection of bill that would let cops partner with ICE
Massachusetts Republicans have sharply denounced the majority-Democrat state House after it rejected a series of GOP-authored measures that would have added significant immigration, housing and criminal justice policy changes to the fiscal year 2026 state budget. Chief among them was language authored by state House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-20th Middlesex, that would have allowed local cops and courts to cooperate with civil immigration detainer orders issued by federal authorities. The action came as the lower chamber plowed through hundreds of amendments to its version of the annual state spending blueprint. 'Rather than endorse a commonsense approach to dealing with the spate of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants harbored in Massachusetts, Democrats would rather bury their heads in the sand about a problem that continues to persist long after the migrant shelter crisis hit its high-water mark,' state Republlican Party Chairperson Amy Carnevale said in a statement. A 2017 state Supreme Judicial Court ruling known as the 'Lunn Decision' limits how state and local law enforcement assist with federal immigration enforcement, according to the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union. Tuesday's House vote marks the second time in about a year that majority House Democrats have turned away Republican efforts to tweak state law. The language rejected Tuesday would have, if approved, allowed an "employee of the commonwealth who holds police or sheriff powers who has lawful custody of a person to detain the person for up to 12 hours upon receipt of a written detention request from ICE and an administrative warrant for arrest or warrant for removal or deportation.' In her statement, Carnevale said House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, and his fellow Democrats have a 'habit of adopting GOP proposals for immigration reform only after disastrous consequences and cost overruns.' The latter is a reference to the House imposing limits on how long people can stay in Massachusetts' emergency shelter system. 'I hope Democratic leadership does not wait for even more violent tragedies to occur in our Commonwealth before they finally wake up to the crisis we're facing,' Carnevale said. State House News Service reports are included in this story. This is the word most commonly associated with Trump in his 2nd term Boston prepares for fight after Trump signs order threatening sanctuary cities Filing in R.I. case reveals EPA set to cancel nearly 800 environmental justice grants Mass. schools boss: Immigration chill leading to 'extended absences' Feds launch racial discrimination investigations targeting Harvard Law Review Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
GOP senator: Schumer ‘about as popular as chlamydia' among Democrats
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) applauded Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for voting in favor of the GOP-authored continuing resolution (CR) while noting the sharp division it drove between the longtime Democrat and his party members. 'Many Democrats are angry at Schumer. Among them right now, we've all seen the news, he's about as popular as chlamydia,' Kennedy said during a Thursday appearance on the Fox News show 'Hannity.' House Democrats were outraged over Schumer's decision to support the CR, prompting calls for the New Yorker to resign over the controversy. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) slammed the minority leader publicly for his choice, despite the fact that he was joined by nine other Democrats who voted to pass the bill, which included cuts to health care. 'I respect Chuck Schumer. I think he had a great, long-standing career,' Ivey told constituents at a forum in his district. 'But I'm afraid it may be time for Senate Democrats to choose a new leader.' Nonetheless, Schumer has maintained that he is the 'best leader' for the job. His colleague, Kennedy, poked fun at the minority leader for his history in the upper chamber while noting a string of past mistakes. 'I don't hate anybody, that includes Senator Schumer. He's very smart. On the other hand, Chuck's often wrong. He never makes the same mistake twice. He makes it five or six times just to be sure,' Kennedy said. 'But this time he got it right in supporting our efforts to keep government open,' he added. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said fear of a looming shutdown was one of the reasons why he voted for the CR, arguing no one would win in a government shutdown period. Kennedy echoed the same concerns in his conversation with host Sean Hannity. 'Unless a football coach taught you history, you understand that shutting government down never achieves anything. It just scares people, especially the elderly,' he said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
20-03-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
GOP senator: Schumer ‘about as popular as Chlamydia' among Democrats
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) applauded Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for voting in favor of the GOP-authored continuing resolution (CR) while noting the sharp division it drove between the longtime Democrat and his party members. 'Many Democrats are angry at Schumer. Among them right now, we've all seen the news, he's about as popular as Chlamydia,' Kennedy said during a Thursday appearance on the Fox News show 'Hannity.' House Democrats were outraged over Schumer's decision to support the CR, prompting calls for the New Yorker to resign over the controversy. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) slammed the Minority Leader publicly for his choice, despite the fact that he was joined by nine other Democrats who voted to pass the bill which included cuts to healthcare. 'I respect Chuck Schumer. I think he had a great, long-standing career,' Ivey told constituents at a forum in his district. 'But I'm afraid it may be time for Senate Democrats to choose a new leader.' Nonetheless, Schumer has maintained that he is the ' best leader ' for the job. His colleague, Kennedy, poked fun at the Minority Leader for his history in the upper chamber while noting a string of past mistakes. 'I don't hate anybody, that includes Senator Schumer. He's very smart. On the other hand, Chuck's often wrong. He never makes the same mistake twice. He makes it five or six times just to be sure,' Kennedy said. 'But this time he got it right in supporting our efforts to keep government open,' he added. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said fear of a looming shutdown was one of the reasons why he voted for the CR, arguing no one would win in a government dead period. Kennedy echoed the same concerns in his conversation with host Sean Hannity. 'Unless a football coach taught you history, you understand that shutting government down never achieves anything. It just scares people, especially the elderly,' he said.
