Schumer silent as Van Hollen blasts 'spineless' NY Democrats over Mamdani snub

N.Y., nor House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have backed New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

Activists deliver 80,000 petitions urging Schumer and Jeffries to back Mamdani

A group of about a dozen progressive activists delivered more than 80,000 petition signatures Thursday to the Capitol Hill offices of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY),

Democrats are barreling toward a shutdown with no clear plan to get out

Democrats could lose some of their own members on the GOP bill. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has already vowed to support it, and several other Democratic senators have yet to put themselves in the “no” column with the whip effort still underway.

More New York Democrats coalesce behind Zohran Mamdani, but key holdouts remain

New York's governor and state Assembly speaker backed Mamdani this week. The top Democrats in Washington, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, haven't.
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