Schumer Agrees to Give up Shutdown Fights for Two Years, in Deal that Would Deprive Senate Dems of Power
Senate Democrats look poised to relinquish significant leverage–the threat of withholding government funding–well into the next Congress. Leaders from the Senate Majority and Minority said Wednesday that they agreed to a budget deal that would roll back short-term funding norms spearheaded by Congressional Republicans during the Obama administration. The agreement would eliminate so-called sequestration caps created by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The spending limits were agreed to by Congress after Tea Party Republicans threatened to shutdown the government. The compromise would hike spending…
