by Ben Whedon
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed prompt Democratic support for the remaining appropriations bills, apart from the one that funds the Department of Homeland Security.
Democrats have objected to the DHS bill amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, Minn., which has become a hotspot in the wake of revelations of large-scale public fraud linked to the city’s Somali expat community.
“If Leader Thune puts those five bills on the floor this week, we can pass them right away. If not, Republicans will again be responsible for another government shutdown,” Schumer said, according to The Hill.
The DHS bill is likely to prove a point of contention in the upper chamber and could lead to a government shutdown, which would mark the second such occurrence of Trump’s second term. It remains unclear whether the Republican majority will force it through.
A government shutdown from Oct. 1, 2025, to Nov. 12, 2025, set a record at 43 days. During negotiations, Democrats sought to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, but the party failed to secure their inclusion in the continuing resolution that reopened the federal government.
After this failure, some congressional Democrats called on Schumer to resign.
Rep. Ro Khanna was the first to do so.
“He’s the leader of the Senate. This deal would never have happened if he had not blessed it. Don’t take my word for it. Take the word of other senators who are saying that they kept Sen. Schumer in the loop the whole time,” Khanna told CBS News.
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Ben Whedon is a reporter for Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
Photo “Chuck Schumer” by Chuck Schumer.
