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

With a shutdown deadline approaching, Democrats want a continuing resolution to extend government funding through April 11.

N.Y., announced that he will vote to keep the government open and warned that a shutdown has worse consequences for Americans.

Democrats have argued that the shutdown fight is an opportunity to push back on Elon Musk-backed agency spending and staff ...

I know what causes shutdowns and the difficulty of reopening the government after a shutdown. Schumer faced an incredibly difficult predicament and he was right to support keeping the government open.

Senate Democrats remained tight-lipped on Thursday after meeting on the fast-approaching government funding deadline.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that ...

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned his colleagues that allowing the government shutdown would only give President Donald ...

Ten Senate Democrats led by Schumer joined with Republicans to pass a stopgap spending bill on March 14 that averts a ...

"I wasn't going to take this flak just for having a lot of fun," Schumer said on "The View," while Sunny Hostin told Schumer ...

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 (D-NY) argued that if the Democrats stall a Republican plan to avert a partial government shutdown, it will give President Trump too much power and have far more devastating ramifications ...