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Will the Senate have enough votes to invoke cloture on the House’s six-month continuing resolution? It got the stamp of approval from Senate Democratic leadership, as Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) caved. The New York liberal sunk the first cloture vote, doing a mini-victory lap before the lack of a message, plan, and fear that blowback would damage his party forced him to walk back the Schumer shutdown.
ItwasevidentyesterdayduringaSenateDemocraticPartylunchthatthedamhadbroken.HouseDemocratsarereportedlylividatSchumer,whowasinano-winsituation.ThepartygrassrootsaregoingtoroasthimforbackingtheCR.Democratswritlargewouldhavethrownthekitchensinkathimforallowingmillionsofgovernmentworkerstogetfurloughedfornoreason;theCRisascleanasyoucanget,whichDemocratsusuallylike.
Reps.HakeemJeffries(D-NY)andNancyPelosi(D-CA)arenowinopenrevolt,urgingDemocratstosinkthesix-monthCRforthe30-dayalternative.
ThewoundsofSchumer’sdefectionwererawyesterday,whichhintsatcivilwarbrewing.Rep.AlexandriaOcasio-Cortez(D-NY)willlikelycitethisspendingbillfightasthereasonbehinda
