Congress is now in the midst of its third shutdown — and fourth shutdown fight — of Donald Trump’s second term. And through it all, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has stood at the center of the storm, taking fire from both Republicans and Democrats.
Now, as lawmakers battle over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Schumer — long known as a defender of congressional norms and a functioning federal government — appears to be embracing a tactic once only favored by hardline conservatives: using a shutdown as leverage for a political, and potentially legislative, win.
“Overwhelmingly, Americans are on our side,” Schumer said Thursday. “This debate is killing Trump.”
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