Chuck Schumer: Conditions for funding the government

Chuck Schumer (D) · Senate Democratic Leader

Topic: Conditions for funding the government

THEN · 2019-01-25

“It reopens the government without preconditions and gives Democrats and Republicans an opportunity to discuss border security without holding hundreds of thousands of American workers hostage.”

Source: Remarks at press conference on the end of the shutdown (democrats.senate.gov)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

NOW · 2025-09-08

“Working on bipartisan legislation that has real input from Democrats is the way to avoid a shutdown.”

Source: Floor remarks on funding the government (democrats.senate.gov)
Verified 2026-10-13: exact text found at the source URL.

Context: In 2019 Democrats were in the minority-party position opposing a border-wall funding demand; in 2025 Democrats sought health-care and other provisions in a funding deal. Circumstances and parties' roles differed.

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