Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has responded to Democratic criticism of his voting to advance a Republican government-funding bill, saying he is “the best leader for the Senate.”
“We have a lot of good people,” he told “CBS Mornings” on March 18. “But I am the best at winning Senate seats.”
Schumer’s comments followed his support for a GOP spending bill that exposed divisions within the Democratic Party in its approach to resisting Trump administration policies. Many Democrats opposed the package, citing its cuts to non-defense spending and the GOP’s failure to work with Democrats on the bill....
