Chuck SchumerVerified account

From my family to yours, Happy New Year! I’m always so proud to see how everyone celebrates in Times Square, in New York, and across the country. We’re ready for the year ahead.

Once the Senate passes this legislation and puts us on a path to reopening government, President @realDonaldTrump must come to his senses and immediately sign it into law. #TrumpShutdown

It would be the height of irresponsibility and political cynicism for Senate Republicans to now reject the same legislation they supported two weeks ago. #TrumpShutdown

If @SenateMajLdr McConnell and Senate Republicans refuse to support the first bill, then they are complicit with President @realDonaldTrump in continuing the #TrumpShutdown and in holding the health and safety of the American people and workers’ paychecks hostage over the wall.

The second bill would extend the Department of Homeland Security’s funding through February 8th, which Republicans already supported in recent weeks. #TrumpShutdown

The first bill would reopen all government agencies except for the Department of Homeland Security—not taking a position on the President’s wall. It would simply continue the funding levels and language that both parties have already supported. #TrumpShutdown

The President is using the government shutdown to try and force an expensive and ineffective wall upon the American people, but Democrats have offered two bills which separate the arguments over the wall from the government shutdown. #TrumpShutdown

The Democrats’ legislation to end the #TrumpShutdown reopens government services, ensures workers get the paychecks they’ve earned, and restores certainty to the lives of the American people.

President @realDonaldTrump claims he cares about federal workers one day, but then he freezes their pay the next. Actions speak louder than words.

Congrats to @CuseFootball on winning the Camping World Bowl. Ending the season 10-3 with a top 20 ranking. You did New York proud! Go Cuse!

To everyone and every family celebrating in New York, America, and around the world, Merry Christmas.

The President wanted the shutdown, but he seems not to know how to get himself out of it. As long as the President is guided by the House Freedom Caucus, it’s hard to see how he can come up with a solution that can pass both the House and Senate and end his #TrumpShutdown.

Meanwhile, different people from the same White House are saying different things about what the President would accept or not accept to end his #TrumpShutdown, making it impossible to know where they stand at any given moment.

Instead of bringing certainty into people’s lives, he’s continuing the #TrumpShutdown just to please right-wing radio and TV hosts.

It's Christmas Eve and President @realDonaldTrump is plunging the country into chaos. The stock market is tanking and the President is waging a personal war on the Federal Reserve—after he just fired the Secretary of Defense.

Now he’s firing Mattis—a man who has spent a lifetime in public service—by January 1? What did Mattis say no to this time?https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076881816462737408 …

President @realDonaldTrump is calling respected diplomat Brett McGurk a grandstander? Oh, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1076655729820471296 …