The Leader Board
Chuck Schumer on the Democrats’ Shutdown: “Every Day Gets Better For Us”
AS DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON, LEADER SCHUMER AND PROGRESSIVES CELEBRATE “Every day gets better for us.” - Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “It’s Day 9 of the government shutdown. There’s no resolution in sight to this crisis.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Schumer on the shutdown: 'Every day gets better for us' - 10/9/25) “It’s important to note that Democrats instigated this shutdown. They rejected a ‘clean’ funding proposal and demanded significant and expensive heal… Continue Reading
10.08.25
Democrats’ Shutdown Wreaks Havoc on Air Travel and Essential Workers
ONE WEEK IN, DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS INCREASINGLY IMPACTING AIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY “Travelers across the U.S. are beginning to feel the impacts of the government shutdown.” (NPR: The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse - 10/8/25) “Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and… Continue Reading
10.07.25
Senate Republicans Clear the Nominations Backlog
(Click here to download) THE SENATE JUST CONFIRMED 107 TRUMP NOMINATIONS, EFFECTIVELY CLEARING THE CIVILIAN NOMINATIONS BACKLOG On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed a batch of 107 nominations by a vote of 51-47. (Senate Cloakroom: post on X - 10/7/25) This is the second en bloc batch of nominations approved by the Senate this year, following Senate Republicans’ rules reform. (119th U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #526 - 9/18/25; Senate Cloakroom: post on X - 10/7/25) Confirmation of thes… Continue Reading
10.07.25
Democrats Have Voted Five Times to Shut Down the Government
HEADING INTO THE SECOND WEEK OF THE SCHUMER SHUTDOWN, SENATE DEMOCRATS APPEAR DUG IN TO HOLDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING HOSTAGE “There’s no deal in sight to end the crisis.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Shutdown Day 6: Will Democrats blink? - 10/6/25) The Senate voted for a fifth time Monday evening on whether to fund the government, with all but three Democrats opposing the clean continuing resolution (CR). (H.R. 5371: Roll Call Vote #545 - 10/6/25) Republicans’ CR “would keep federal agencies … Continue Reading
10.03.25
Democrats Rail Against the Health Care System They Created
THE HISTORY IS CLEAR: DEMOCRATS CREATED OBAMACARE WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE, AND IT HAS UTTERLY FAILED TO ACHIEVE ANY OF THEIR STATED GOALS “This bill will cut health care costs, preserve Medicare, and reduce the federal deficit to boot. History will look back on this bill as the moment we turned things around in America.” - Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (11/19/09) When Democrats passed Obamacare, they did so without a single Republican vote. (U.S. Senate: Roll Call Vote #396 - 12/24/09… Continue Reading
10.02.25
Democrats’ Government Shutdown Halts the Bipartisan Appropriations Process
BEFORE DEMOCRATS SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, THE SENATE HAD BEEN MAKING PROGRESS ON THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, A DEPARTURE FROM THE DEMOCRAT-RUN SENATE OF RECENT YEARS “Since I became majority leader of the Senate in January, I’ve made it clear that I am committed to a bipartisan appropriations process, in which senators of both parties get to make their voices heard. And, as I said, that’s the kind of appropriations process we’ve been following in the Senate so far.” - Senate Majority Leader Jo… Continue Reading
10.01.25
Democrats’ Government Shutdown Has Real and Immediate Consequences
CHUCK SCHUMER AND DEMOCRATS’ GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS A LOSING STRATEGY THAT HAS ALREADY SEEN SENATE DEMOCRAT DEFECTIONS “The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. this morning. It’s the first government shutdown since 2019.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Shutdown, Day One: What's the way out? - 10/1/25) “Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going to be furloughed, a real-world impact for families nationwide. The remainder of ‘essential employees’ will work without getting paid.” (Punc… Continue Reading
09.30.25
Schumer and Democrats Shut Down the Government
THIS EVENING, TRYING TO APPEASE THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE, DEMOCRAT LEADER SCHUMER LED SENATE DEMOCRATS IN VOTING TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT Republicans’ continuing resolution (CR) “would keep federal agencies funded through Nov. 21 to buy appropriators more time to negotiate and pass fiscal 2026 spending bills. It does not include partisan policy riders or cut funding.” (E&E News: Republican push for funding patch hits Democratic wall - 9/17/25) “The measure is relatively clean, meani… Continue Reading
09.30.25
Democrats Prepare to Shut Down the Government and Bring Pain to Their States
ON THE BRINK OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, IT TURNS OUT DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND PLANNING A SHUTDOWN FOR MONTHS “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his staff are closely coordinating their government shutdown strategy with outside liberal groups, Axios has learned.” (Axios: Scoop: Schumer’s private war room on government shutdown - 9/26/25) “The same groups slammed Schumer earlier this year for caving on government funding. This time, the De… Continue Reading
09.29.25
The Ball Is in Democrats’ Court to Prevent a Government Shutdown
INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING A CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION, DEMOCRATS SEEM CONTENT WITH PLUNGING THE COUNTRY INTO A SHUTDOWN (Click here to download) Republicans’ continuing resolution (CR) “would keep federal agencies funded through Nov. 21 to buy appropriators more time to negotiate and pass fiscal 2026 spending bills. It does not include partisan policy riders or cut funding.” (E&E News: Republican push for funding patch hits Democratic wall - 9/17/25) “The measure is relatively clean… Continue Reading
09.26.25
The American Public Does Not Support Democrats Shutting Down the Government
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STILL THINK POORLY OF DEMOCRATS AND TRUST REPUBLICANS MORE ON KEY ISSUES “[E]veryone knows the American people -- the American people are on our side.” - Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, with voters seeing Republicans as better at handling most issues that decide elections.” (The Wall Street Journal: Democrats Get Lowest Rating… Continue Reading
09.24.25
With One Week to Go and More Than $1 Trillion in Demands, Democrats Careen Toward a Shutdown
(Click here to download) DEMOCRATS SURE SEEM WILLING TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT AND ARE STILL HOLDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING HOSTAGE OVER THEIR UNSERIOUS PROPOSAL “The contrast between the Republican bill and the Democrat bill is glaring. The Republican bill is a clean, nonpartisan short-term continuing resolution to fund the government to give us time to do the full appropriations process. And the Democrat bill is the exact opposite. It’s what you might call, not a clean CR, a dirty CR - laden d… Continue Reading
09.19.25
Democrat Senators Prepare to Unleash “Pain” on Their Own States
“EVERY CORNER” OF NEW YORK WOULD HURT IN A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Two years ago, Leader Schumer warned that a government shutdown would cause “disruptions for millions of New Yorkers to services they rely on, while thousands of federal workers could be furloughed:” “[I]t will be New Yorkers and families across America paying the price.” A “shutdown is avoidable, irresponsible and deeply damaging” “Schumer said according to Congressional Research Services, over 50,000 federal civilian employ… Continue Reading
09.19.25
Democrats’ Unserious, Filthy Funding Bill
SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING A CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION THAT WILL GIVE CONGRESS MORE TIME TO PASS BIPARTISAN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS “For years the Democrat leader talked about the importance of passing clean continuing resolutions. In fact, we did 13 of them while the Democrats had the majority the past four years with a Democrat in the White House. Well, Democrats’ CR proposal this time is the exact opposite. It’s not clean - it’s filthy. It’s packed full of partisan policies and measure… Continue Reading
09.18.25
Republicans Overcome Democrats’ Obstruction and Confirm 48 of President Trump’s Nominees
THIS WEEK, SENATE REPUBLICANS CONFIRMED 48 CIVILIAN NOMINEES EN BLOC, ALL OF WHOM RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN COMMITTEE By confirming 48 nominees en bloc, the Senate has now confirmed 188 civilian nominees, far ahead of the pace of the Biden and first Trump administrations. (Senate Majority Leader: President Trump's Senate-Confirmed Nominees - accessed 9/18/25; U.S. Congress: 117th Congress Nominees - accessed 9/2/25; U.S. Congress: 115th Congress Nominees - accessed 9/18/25) (Click h… Continue Reading
09.17.25
Democrats’ Obstruction Knows No Bounds
FEARING THEIR PROGRESSIVE BASE, SENATE DEMOCRATS SEEM INTENT ON SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT “House Republicans are charging ahead with their Nov. 21 CR. The measure is relatively clean, meaning it doesn’t have partisan policy riders. Democrats seem to agree, because they’re attacking what’s not in the bill — health care provisions — rather than what is.” (Punchbowl News: AM: Fed Day hits different this time - 9/17/25) “The pressure is rising on Democrats to stiff President Trump and let… Continue Reading
09.16.25
Schumer vs. Schumer on “Harmful and Unnecessary” Government Shutdowns
IN RECENT YEARS, LEADER SCHUMER HAS EMPHASIZED THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS A SHUTDOWN WOULD HAVE ON EVERYONE, INCLUDING VETERANS, FARMERS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES “Avoiding a shutdown is very good news for the country, for our veterans, for parents and children, and for farmers and small businesses - all of whom would have felt the sting had the government shut down.” - Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) (1/18/24) “As we speak, there’s still a loud contingent of hard right rabble-rousers wh… Continue Reading
09.11.25
Democrats’ Historic Obstruction Hits New Lows
LED BY SENATE DEMOCRAT LEADER SCHUMER, DEMOCRATS HAVE SUNK TO NEW LOWS IN BLOCKING SWIFT CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY NOMINEES “For months, I’ve repeatedly tried to engage my Democratic colleagues to end their obstruction. I’ve warned that their tactics ultimately hurt the American people and will lead to lasting damage to the Senate as an institution … I’m disappointed that my Democratic colleagues have chosen to place partisan obstruction over public safety.” - Senate Judiciary Committee Cha… Continue Reading
09.09.25
Democrats Only Have Themselves to Blame for the State of the Senate’s Nominations Process
WHEN A DEMOCRAT IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SENATE DEMOCRATS EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO GET THE PRESIDENT’S TEAM IN PLACE WITHOUT DELAY Senate Democrats have a long history of emphasizing the need to confirm a president’s nominees… when a Democrat is in the White House: “For decades, Democrats and Republicans have regularly cooperated to swiftly confirm the many, many individuals selected by each President to serve in their Administration. Regardless of the party in the White House, both sides have … Continue Reading
09.08.25
Republicans Will Restore the Senate’s Nominations Process
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO DECADES, SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE BROKEN THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS During President George W. Bush’s (R) first term, Senate Democrats “us[ed] a filibuster to kill an appeals court nomination for the first time in history,” against Miguel Estrada, a former assistant solicitor general during the Clinton administration who would have been the first Hispanic American to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. “One of the handful of Senate Democ… Continue Reading
