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I'm actually surprised Schumer isn't among the spinless capitulators, this time.
It’s my understanding they chose democrats who weren’t up for reelection or were retiring so it wouldn’t matter.
It seems he was behind them, just too cowardly to put his name to it publicly:
https://prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-does-schumer-keep-trying-to-cave-government-shutdown/