Top Democrats face voter anger over failed budget show-down, demands for younger leadership

Nov. 11, 2025

Senate Democrats are venting their anger at a budget compromise that sacrificed their demands for an extension of A.C.A. premium subsidies. Their target is with their leadership. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), 74, faces calls for his resignation over the defection of 8 Senators to the G.O.P. budget compromise. Separately, talk is heating up that a progressive, Municipal legislator is planning to primary U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y. 8) over accumulated grievances.

Further Reading :

• ‘No way to defend this’ : Senate Democrats rage at their colleagues for breaking ranks on the shutdown [MSNBC]
  Nov. 10, 2025 — Eight Senate Democrats joined Republicans to advance a GOP spending package, arguing it was the best deal on the table. Other Democrats think they got taken for a ride.
• Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown [The Guardian]
  Nov. 10, 2025 — Democrats are seething after news emerged on Sunday that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, without winning any healthcare concessions that they had sought. But one name is coming in for more opprobrium than any other : Chuck Schumer.
• Lefty Gen-Z NYC Councilman Chi Osse gears up for primary challenge against Hakeem Jeffries : sources [The New York Post]
  Nov. 9, 2025 — Lefty Gen-Z City Councilman Chi Osse is preparing to challenge Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the US House next year — against the explicit objections of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, The Post has learned.

Key Words :

• 2025 U.S. Government shutdown threat
• Charles E Schumer
• Chi Ossé
• Democratic Party
• Hakeem Jeffries