Chuck Schumer lost the government shutdown

Published November 13, 2025 6:00am ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is the biggest loser of the 43-day government shutdown fight.

Progressive Democrats are angry that the shutdown ended on Wednesday night after the House passed a clean short-term spending bill and President Donald Trump signed it into law without extending the expiring Obamacare subsidies.

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