Inside and outside the Senate, Democrats begin to lose faith in Schumer
Democrats have long found the flip phone Chuck Schumer still insists on using as an endearing quirk that illustrates how ...
Democratic senators demand answers from USDA after major cuts to food assistance programs
In California, the federal funding supported 533 small farmers — including about 100 from the San Joaquin Valley.
With Democrats' help, Senate votes to avert a government shutdown
The Senate passed a House-approved government funding bill that averts a government shutdown that was set to be triggered at ...
Senate averts shutdown, but vote leaves Democrats bitterly divided
Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the ...
Senate Democrats play hardball, won’t advance House stopgap
Democrats have been torn over whether to vote for a House bill they dislike or trigger the shutdown, which some dislike even ...
Senate Democrats say they will reject GOP's funding bill as shutdown draws near
After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said "Republicans do not have the votes" to ...
California senators are split on Donald Trump’s labor secretary nominee. Here’s why
California’s Democratic senators, historically big supporters of organized labor, were split over whether to confirm Lori ...
Cost of undocumented healthcare in California is billions over estimates, pressuring Democrats to consider cuts
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are under pressure to scale back the expansion of ...
Ten Senate Democrats ignore growing party anger to help advance Trump’s spending bill
Democrats have been sharply divided over the Trump-backed spending bill to avoid a government shutdown at midnight.
Sinema points out ‘blatant hypocrisy’ from Democrats on filibuster
Sinema and then-West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin were the two Democratic senators to prevent the filibuster from being axed.
Democrats’ approval ratings sink to historic lows amid infighting: poll
Schumer, however — along with nine other Democrats — declined to block the GOP bill, saying they believed that allowing the ...
Newsom tells Senate Dems to ‘do the right thing,’ oppose CR
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has called on Senate Democrats “to stand up and do the right thing” and vote no on the GOP-backed stopgap bill that would avert a looming government ...