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Maya Yang

‘I’m not stepping down’: Chuck Schumer defies Democrats’ calls over funding bill

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer maintains that a government shutdown would have been worse. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Reuters

Chuck Schumer defied calls to give up the top Democratic position in the Senate after he voted for Republicans’ funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, saying on Sunday: “I’m not stepping down.”

Schumer has faced a wave of backlash from Democrats over his decision to support the Republican-led bill, with many Democrats alleging that the party leader isn’t doing enough to stand up to Donald Trump’s agenda.

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