At a news conference on Friday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries repeatedly refused to say whether he has confidence in Schumer — a rare break for the two longtime New York colleagues. “We do not want to shut down the government. But we are not afraid of a government funding showdown,” Jeffries said.

The Senate minority leader indefinitely postponed three events after drawing the ire of Democratic lawmakers and voters

Waleed Shahid described the senator’s vote for Trump’s spending bill as an “utterly embarrassing strategic blunder.”