N.Y., said he would not resign and defended his vote in favor of the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been “10 or 20 times worse” ...

President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon. Most Republicans in Congress, meanwhile ...

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was "certainly bad," a shutdown "would be 15 or 20 times worse." ...

On a day of white-hot anger among many Democratic lawmakers and activists, some of whom gathered outside of Mr. Schumer’s Brooklyn home to protest his decision to shrink from a shutdown fight ...

A government shutdown, which loomed if Congress couldn't find the votes for the spending legislation, “would have been the greatest disaster," Schumer added. The senator also postponed multiple ...

The Democratic base wants a fight. Chuck Schumer won’t give it to them. The Senate minority leader on Thursday backed away from the shutdown confrontation that many liberal voters and activist ...

But a shutdown, Schumer said "would have devastation like we have never seen.” He said it would have given the Trump administration the freedom to slash programs it views as nonessential ...

took a shot at Senate Minority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday for his controversial vote with Republicans last week to avert a government shutdown. Pelosi, during a press conference in San ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is scrapping book tour events this week as progressives fume over his maneuver to avert a partial government shutdown last week, a source told The Post.

I hated it, but it does far less damage [than a shutdown].” “We’re going to fight, we’re going to fight them on tariffs, we’re going to fight them on Social Security,” Schumer insisted ...

WASHINGTON – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he will vote to advance the Republican funding extension and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.