“There is no one in the Senate who wants to see these tax credits extended more than me,” she says. I can name 40 senators who want them more than you do.

Sincere question: what does victory look like? Because maybe I'm missing something but I don't see any viable path to actually getting reconciliation subsidy shit reversed The game was always raise salience, and an up/down vote w/dem language sounds like that to me bsky.app/profile/jame...

Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when

“What senate vote?”

This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?

Remarkable that Gavin Newsom has a non-trivial chance to be the 2028 Democratic nominee by running as an anti-establishment outsider populist — a lane he is gladly seizing

The history of this country is riddled with losses. Welcome to the history of Black Descendants of Enslaved Americans. The entire idea that we are on an arc that bends toward justice is a myth. We simply try to move forward and create the path for the future. But know this—- We must never give up.

Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.

FWIW a lot of people are now taking on the Trump position that the Tuesday elections were about the shutdown specifically, as opposed to a more general repudiation of Trump. I'm skeptical.

Want a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net

thinking back to when eric cantor got knocked out in a primary in 2014

No doubt they will learn their lesson in that event

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

this is senate dems’ second coordinated “just enough” vote to help republicans and betray house dems of the year, remember

NOW CAN WE GET A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO SAY THIS.

His next job will be as president of UVA Or brown Or Penn Or Columbia Or Cornell Those are places where the job includes making concessions to get Donald Trump to do what he’s legally required to do

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Republicans took away your healthcare. We refused to fight back. Please rush us $3

Even more true today: Democrats are ripe for a base revolt like the GOP in 2015 when Trump went down the escalator.

The thing is that these particular suckers know it’s a lie and don’t care

Other than Schumer, how did the 2026 retirees vote?

gotta be some ambitious Dems in NV, NH and PA who would be happy to run in a presidential year at the end of a staggeringly unpopular second Trump term get your campaigns ready, folks

My kid’s sportsball team won a crazy game against their archrival yesterday—double OT, miracle score at end of regulation, huge play to win in sudden death. Complete performance on O and D. They showed grit and determination. Glad to see that somewhere in my life.

Nevada, man. It’s not Harry Reid’s delegation anymore, that’s for sure

I hate my senator.

One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law! That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.

I mean the Senate is so countermajoritarian that they had to make its structure constitutionally required

@smith.senate.gov making the case against “Leader Schumer”

People are saying there's no upside to this deal. Wait a second. Isn't the end of Chuck Schumer's political career an upside?

Years ago I adopted a policy of not donating in the primaries Looking forward to making an exception against @schumer.senate.gov

If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.

As I've always said, I will not support a government funding bill that continues to raise our costs, jeopardizes our health care, and hurts the people of my state.

It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not. If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.

Senator Lander Senator AOC Either good Just not Senator Schumer anymore

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard. We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions. We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

NEW: Colorado Sens Bennet (D) and Hickenlooper (D) oppose the plan to reopen the government without a deal to extend healthcare subsidies. #copolitics

Is he though

My red line has always been lowering health costs for Americans. Donald Trump and Republicans don’t want an agreement that meets that bar. I’m a no.

Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...

Mark Kelly a NO, notable as he was allegedly one of the cavers

Exactly right. The smart political play is to let Republicans take blame for healthcare becoming more expensive-after publicly insisting that not happen. I think Dems should refuse this deal anyway, but again, I think a lot of people on here (not @ositanwanevu.com) are misapprehending the politics.

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:

Agree he needs to go. For what it’s worth, I think The best interpretation of that result would be that Schumer is getting others to carry his water for him, not that he lost control.

Everyone says stuff like this right now and I understand why. But if you think that 2024 shook out the way it did because enough voters didn’t know whom to blame for what’s pissing them off, then I think you should apply the same logic to this situation. 1/2

After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.

This isn’t very hard, folks.

Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them. There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.

I've been reading the 3 approps bills + JES and looking for the CR text. A very-short short term CR + full year authorization for leg branch (+MilCon + VA) is not terrible ONLY IF it includes pushing back on WH encroachment on congress's power of the purse. Otherwise, it's for naught.