House Republicans succeeded late Wednesday in harnessing the special budget power to advance up to $75 billion for the immigration enforcement agencies Democrats refuse to fund without new guardrails — bringing Congress closer to ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
The vote was held open for more than five hours as lawmakers sought concessions from Speaker Mike Johnson around the farm bill, using the budget resolution as leverage. Finally, the chamber voted 214-212-1 to approve the fiscal blueprint the Senate advanced last week, unlocking the ability to draft and pass a party-line package containing tens of billions of dollars for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.
If Democrats end up winning the senate, I think there’s a very real possibility that Schumer gets ousted as majority leader, because a LOT of people are pretty clearly sick of his shit.
I will give you 10:1 odds that Schumer is still (nominally) leading the Senate in 2027, baring a serious medical incident.
I’m not saying it’s a sure thing.
But I’m also saying that him being the Majority Leader is not a sure thing.