"Chuck Schumer sounded as if he was relishing his standoff with the Republicans. Every day gets better for us, he told Punchbowl News. As the shutdown got under way, Schumer explained, the Republican part believed that Democrats would quickly fold and vote to reopen the government, but instead they had stuck to their guns for a week and a half, demanding an array of concessions on healthcare and other issues."
"The shutdown has prompted federal agencies to close or curtail operations nationwide, and forced hundreds of thousands of employees to stay home without immediate pay. Schumer, Republicans argued, was being callous. I've been asked many times in interviews the last couple days, You seem angry you don't get angry a lot.' I don't, but this is beyond the pale, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson said at a press conference on Friday morning, the 10th day of the shutdown."
"Let's be blunt: nobody's forcing Trump and Vought to do this, Schumer said in a statement. They don't have to do it; they want to. They're callously choosing to hurt people the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos."
Chuck Schumer said the shutdown improved Democrats' position by withstanding Republican expectations that they would quickly fold. Schumer told Punchbowl News that 'Every day gets better for us' as Democrats resisted demands for concessions on healthcare and other issues. Republicans printed his remark on posters and condemned it as callous. The shutdown, which began on 1 October, forced federal agencies to close or curtail operations nationwide and left hundreds of thousands of employees at home without immediate pay. White House officials, led by OMB director Russ Vought, moved to carry out layoffs. Democrats accused Republicans of deliberately choosing to hurt workers and create chaos amid ongoing legislative stalemate.
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