N.Y., said he would not resign and defended his vote in favor of the spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said a government shutdown would have been “10 or 20 times worse” ...

The Democratic base wants a fight. Chuck Schumer won’t give it to them. The Senate minority leader on Thursday backed away from the shutdown confrontation that many liberal voters and activist ...

Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was denounced by members of his own party as well as liberal media commentators after he voted to support a Republican spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

That feeling was justified the next day when Schumer turned around to say that he would vote in favor of advancing the bill rather than allowing a shutdown. "I believe allowing Donald Trump to ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday he will help advance a House-passed stopgap measure to fund the government, a move that paves the way for Congress to avert a ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is scrapping book tour events this week as progressives fume over his maneuver to avert a partial government shutdown last week, a source told The Post.

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was “certainly bad,” a shutdown “would be 15 or 20 times worse.” ...

But a shutdown, Schumer said "would have devastation like we have never seen.” He said it would have given the Trump administration the freedom to slash programs it views as nonessential ...

A government shutdown, which loomed if Congress couldn't find the votes for the spending legislation, “would have been the greatest disaster," Schumer added. The senator also postponed multiple ...