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Democrats are in open revolt after eight members of their Senate caucus broke ranks Sunday night and voted to advance a stopgap deal to reopen the government, setting off a political firestorm that is now engulfing party leadership and even daytime TV.<\/p>\n
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blasted the move as \u201ca mistake.\u201d Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called it \u201ca very bad night.\u201d Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of being ineffective. The View\u2019s Sunny Hostin piled on, saying Schumer should be replaced.<\/p>\n
\u201cSenator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,\u201d Khanna wrote on X. \u201cIf you can\u2019t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?\u201d<\/p>\n
After 40 days of shutdown gridlock, eight Senate Democrats \u2014 none facing reelection in 2026 \u2014 sided with Republicans to move the House-passed bill forward. Schumer himself\u00a0voted no, but that hasn\u2019t saved him from the fury of his own party.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t endorse or say who you voted for in NYC despite there being a Dem candidate,\u201d Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)\u00a0sneered\u00a0online, slamming Schumer for refusing to back democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York\u2019s mayoral race. \u201cGet Dem Senators to negotiate a terrible \u2018deal\u2019 that does nothing real about healthcare. Screw over a national political party. Profile of scourge? Next.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sens. Dick Durbin, Jacky Rosen, John Fetterman, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Tim Kaine, and independent Angus King \u2014 who caucuses with Democrats \u2014 all voted to advance the measure, clearing the way to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.<\/p>\n
The House is expected to take up the compromise later this week. Democratic leaders there say they\u2019ll oppose it, but swing-district members could face heavy pressure to vote yes.<\/p>\n
\u201cTonight is another example of why we need new leadership,\u201d Moulton wrote on X. \u201cIf @ChuckSchumer were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote \u2018No\u2019 tonight and hold the line on healthcare. Maybe now @EdMarkey will finally join me in pledging not to vote for Schumer?\u201d<\/p>\n
Schumer insisted Sunday night he\u2019ll \u201ckeep fighting,\u201d but many Democrats are openly questioning his grip on the caucus. They had long opposed the measure because it didn\u2019t fix expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies \u2014 but as the shutdown stretched into its sixth week, with flights canceled, food benefits disappearing, and federal workers unpaid, the pressure to act became unbearable.<\/p>\n
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) turned her fire on Republicans, saying, \u201cI want Republicans to actually grow a backbone and say, regardless of what Donald Trump says, we\u2019re actually going to restore these cuts on health care \u2014 but it looks like I\u2019ve lost that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Murphy wasn\u2019t buying the compromise. \u201cThis bill doesn\u2019t do anything to arrest the health care catastrophe, nor does it constrain in any meaningful way President Trump\u2019s illegality,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the voters were pretty clear on Tuesday night what they wanted Congress to do \u2026 and I am really saddened that we didn\u2019t listen to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Democrats say they\u2019ve been promised a December Senate vote on extending ACA tax credits and the rehiring of government workers fired during the shutdown. But Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said that\u2019s not enough. \u201cA wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later \u2014 with no actual guarantees \u2014 is just not enough,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin agreed: \u201cThe promise of a vote in over a month does not meet that threshold.\u201d<\/p>\n
DNC Chair Ken Martin called the\u00a0vote \u201ca betrayal of the American people,\u201d blaming Republicans and President Trump. \u201cThe voters will never forget the day Trump turned his back on them so he could focus on building his gilded ballroom,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n
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