Watching and Reading about California Democratic Governor Newsom getting IN Trump’s face has got some US House Members annoyed. ..
At their leadership…Especially Senate Democratic leader Schumer ……
House Democartic leaderJeffries ain’t doing much better with his troops….
House Democrats’ weekly caucus meeting Tuesday included a vent session toward Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on government funding, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: House Democrats still feel that Schumer betrayed them in March by supporting a Republican funding measure that they almost unanimously opposed — and they’re worried he’ll do it again.
- “There was anticipatory anger rooted in what went down in March … Schumer was named explicitly,” one House Democrat told Axios on the condition of anonymity to offer details of the private meeting.
- “The overriding concern was that Senate Democrats will get cold feet. Schumer can’t sh*t the bed.”
- A spokesperson for Schumer did not respond to a request for comment.
State of play: The government is scheduled to shut down on Oct. 1 unless Congress passes a measure to extend federal funding.
- Neither chamber is on track to pass all of its annual appropriations bills by the end of the month, meaning Republican leaders will likely put a short-term funding measure called a continuing resolution up for a vote.
- Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have signaled they want a reversal of some health care provisions in the “big, beautiful bill” in exchange for Democratic votes.
What we’re hearing: Some House Democrats aren’t buying Schumer’s resolve. “We don’t want to get screwed again by the Senate,” a second House Democrat who was in attendance told Axios.
- A senior House Democrat said there was “mucho” anger in the meeting about Schumer and the Senate.
- Several moderates, including Reps. Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), stood up to express the views of their constituents that the party should put up a fight over government funding, according to several lawmakers.
- “Lots of concern … that we aren’t sending a message that fights enough,” is how a fourth House Democrat described the overall message (a Schneider spokesperson disputed that he criticized leadership).
Zoom in: Jeffries, for his part, told his members he is willing to reach a solution to the government funding impasse but not at the expense of Americans’ health care, according to lawmakers and leadership sources.
- Members broadly agreed that Democrats shouldn’t give in without any of their demands being met, though there was debate about what that fight should look like and to what extent the party should go.
- Specific health care-focused proposals, including extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts in the “big, beautiful bill,” have been floated as potential demands for the administration.
- But some in the party want more profound checks on what they see as creeping authoritarianism and power consolidation by the Trump administration……