Despite his "no" vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints

Despite his “no” vote, the Senate deal to reopen the government bears Schumer’s fingerprints

Either Schumer no longer has effective control over own his caucus, or he has permitted the deal to progress with a wink and a nod behind the scenes — and with a strident disavowal for the bank of cameras he famously loves — while taking Democratic voters for fools.

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    While I agree the Senate needs a new minority leader, does any congressional party leader truly control their caucus? Even Republicans can’t stop members of their caucus from voting differently. It wouldn’t be a democracy if they could.

    • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      One or two, sure, sometimes.

      But eight of the 44? Nearly 1/5 of the Senate democrats, all at once? At least one was saying that they were “keeping leadership in the loop”, too.