Senate Democrats say they are prepared to reopen the government, only if Republicans attach a one-year extension to expiring Obamacare subsidies to their current plan.

As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)

Senate Majority Leader John Thune claimed Friday that rank-and-file Democrats were being "brow-beaten" by leadership into refusing to reopen the government. The post John Thune Argues Democrats Are ‘Being Browbeaten Into Submission’ by Chuck Schumer to Continue Shutdown first appeared on Mediaite.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning as the government shutdown stretches to nearly a month. The lapse in funding, the second-longest in history, was extended Tuesday after Democrats blocked the GOP-backed continuing resolution for the 13th time.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, made an offer this afternoon to Republicans to end the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican,

Watch live as Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrats hold a news conference to discuss the ‘Keep SNAP’ and WIC Funded Act of 2025.

"Last night was a shellacking for the Republicans and for Donald Trump," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who pressed the White House to sit down for negotiations on healthcare subsidies as a condition for voting to open the government.

Rep. Ilhan Omar questioned Sen. Chuck Schumer's lack of support for Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race, citing concerns about anti-Muslim attacks against the candidate.