In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead

They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,

Chuck Schumer is not built for this moment.

They caved. Senate Democrats caved. Their voters demanded just one very simple thing: FIGHT. Dammit, just FIGHT. Instead, they caved.

NEW: It appears Senate Dems have enough votes for cloture with Jacky Rosen flipping to a yes vote. Rand Paul voted no. Kaine, Rosen, Fetterman, Shaheen, Hassen, King, Durbin, Cortez-Masto are the dems yes votes.

watching my Obamacare premiums go from $422/month to $1455/month on the Senate floor right now.

Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."

Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.

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.

I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable. We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina. A vote for this bill is a mistake.

There'll be major changes in the Democratic party in the next couple of years, and some votes tonight will make my support for new blood virtually guilt-free. This is 2025, for God's sake. Nazis are in charge of the govt and all the GOP is tainted and untrustworthy. Get with the program, Democrats!

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.

I refuse to support a funding bill that fails to address the Republican health care crisis. And make health insurance affordable. The American people clearly understand the stakes and the urgency. We must too. I'm voting no.

Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

A deal that lets ACA credits expire fails the millions of families counting on us to keep their health care affordable. Republicans have spent years trying to dismantle the ACA, and pretending Johnson will allow a vote on a clean ACA bill in the House is a fantasy. I will be a no on this “deal.”

I've written Sen King with my disapproval and withdrawal of support. I told him he was the only non-Dem I’ve ever voted for. But his problem is his thinking is from decades ago, when politics was normal and negotiating "across the aisle" was wise. It’s different now since Trump/MAGA. I’m pissed.

He was too sleepy to extract his own 747 from a foreign country

Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.

Angus King who just won reelection so is insulated from accountability. This is just unbelievable. Dems say they won’t vote to open the government because of the end of the ACA tax credits and then all the sudden after they won huge margins on Tuesday, they cave without a deal to fund ACA?

After I emailed Senator Angus King to tell him not to cave, I read where he is one of the original negotiators of the whole thing! Grrrr!

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Any Democrat in Congress who would accept a promise from a Republican in Congress should undergo a cognitive test.

One doesn’t even have to edit Trump anymore. Just show a video, unedited, raw, of him sleeping in the Oval Office for 20 minutes.

Senate Democrats need to hold the line. No healthcare, no deal. Mainers want a Democratic Party that fights for them, not one that rolls over. When we fight, we win.

Interesting perspective. So much is up in the air. I’m just wondering with Nancy Mace's current sucking up to Trump for his endorsement for her run for NY gov, if she decides to rescind her yes vote on the Epstein files, in which case even with swearing in the Arizona rep, we'll be one short again.

Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542 Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224 King (ME) 202 224-5344 Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324 Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152 Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521 Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841 Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451 Masto (NV) 202 224-3542 Warner (VA) 202 224-2023

Gallego seems like a no

Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare. I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”

I don’t know. I don’t like it, myself. But there is an argument to be made that this fixes SNAP and air travel + makes the House come back into session (because it will have to consider the new resolution), which seats Grijalva. And the House likely wont take the deal because Trump says not to.

Rosen: And on Halloween weekend, in the middle of a shutdown where they’re defunding SNAP, where children will go hungry—millions of them—they are gluttonously eating and partying and laughing at their voters, laughing at what they can do to screw the American people.

I firmly believe the risk is running an establishment candidate that is not trying something new.

Yes, Mr. President: You’re right. We do have “the worst health care” of any major country. Despite spending twice as much per capita, we are the only major country not to guarantee health care to all as a human right. The solution: Medicare for All.

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Clips like this are political gold

Breaking news: The Trump administration over the weekend ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits for November to the 42 million low-income Americans risking food insecurity.

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

We aren’t just building a campaign to defeat Susan Collins. We are building a working class movement – one that is going to stand up to Donald Trump, Susan Collins, the oligarchs, corporate special interests, and anyone else who stands in our way.

Exactly.

Mar-a-Lago guests feasting on fancy meals while a music video falsely claiming Trump won in 2020 plays on the side screens

Sir, Trump is at Mar-a-Lago since yesterday.

Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.