Democrats were confronted with two painful options: allowing passage of a bill they believe gives President Donald Trump vast discretion on spending

The bill was passed just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a lapse in funding, which would have shut down the government.

The spending bill approved by Congress last week maintains level funding for public media. The bill upholds CPB’s two-year advance appropriation of $535 million in fiscal year 2027, CPB said in a news release.

A growing number of Democratic Party politicians, strategists and consultants are signaling anger against Sen. Chuck Schumer after he supported a Republican spending bill.

The liberal organizing group Indivisible said Saturday it was calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to step down from his leadership role, the latest fallout after he backed a GOP bill to keep the government open.

Schumer was to visit Philadelphia on Thursday to promote his new book “Antisemitism in America: A Warning” with a conversation moderated by Israeli-American Michael Solomonov, co-owner of CookNSolo.