Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has learned the hard way the angry progressive wing of his party wants political scalps, possibly now including his.

Schumer is still reeling from the liberal backlash against his vote, supported only by a small minority of his caucus, to keep the federal government open by allowing the Senate to pass a Republican spending bill.

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