Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on the Trump administration’s funding cuts to programs like FEMA and the National Weather Service.

By cutting funding that Democrats had previously secured through negotiations, Republicans may force Chuck Schumer to show he is willing to fight Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the GOP plans to advance a $9.4 billion cuts package targeting USAID and PBS would undermine the bipartisan appropriations process.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is signaling he could plunge the country into a partial government shutdown if Republicans move

Washington — The Senate could move forward as soon as Tuesday on a request from the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in funds for international aid and public broadcasting as Congress faces a Friday deadline to act.

The Senate has until July 18 to vote on the rescissions package proposed by President Donald Trump sent to Capitol Hill, which would claw back $9.4 billion in congressionally authorized

Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the NWS’s watchdog to probe whether Trump’s cuts worsened the recent catastrophe.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer asked the Department of Commerce's acting inspector general Monday to probe whether staffing vacancies at the NWS's San Antonio office contributed to "delays, gaps, or diminished accuracy" in forecasting the flooding. He asked the watchdog to scrutinize the office's communications with Kerr County officials.