The power of the purse is the legislature's most fundamental check on the executive, and the 60-vote cloture threshold is the biggest leverage the minority has over what passes through Congress, and Chuck Schumer threw both away for nothing.
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BREAKING: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells Meet The Press that President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary and calls to impeach a judge who ruled against him have resulted in a constitutional crisis in the U.S. nbcnews.to/4iKTRUm
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This is surrender, not leadership.