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Democratic Senators’ decision to give up and end the shutdown with no agreement to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies is yet another baffling instance of their ongoing self-harm that solidifies their reputation as unwilling to fight Trump’s fascist regime. This time, the party’s self-harm will also amount to harm for everybody else, too. Already Americans are posting their astronomical ACA premium increases, amounts they cannot afford—and so they will go without health care. We already know what will happen; ultimately, this means people will die for no good reason. If Democratic Senators wanted to register their anger with Charles Schumer (D-NY), their leader, they have a tool to get rid of him [link removed], and it’s available to every single one of them.

**–Whitney Wimbish, staff writer**

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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) has to go. That’s the conclusion of multiple Democratic groups, House members, and candidates after Schumer oversaw his caucus implode ahead of passing a continuing resolution to fund the government with nothing more than a meaningless promise on the Affordable Care Act subsidies. Preserving health care was the whole point of the government shutdown; Democrats and workers nationwide begged Schumer to hold the line. Now, they say he has disappointed them for the last time.

No Senate Democrats have joined their colleagues in seeking Schumer’s resignation and none responded to requests for comment from the

**Prospect**. But every single one of them has the power to force a vote on Schumer’s continued control of the caucus. If they wanted to, one of Schumer’s colleagues could bring forward a motion to amend the Democratic Caucus Rules to say that he should lose his leadership position if a set number of members disapprove of him. The motion would be “self-executing,” resulting in Schumer’s removal at the same time that it’s approved.

“Most Senate experts would say it’s highly unlikely,” said Daniel Schuman, executive director of the American Governance Institute, who wrote about [link removed] how to push Schumer out in March, the last time he blinked and enabled a government funding bill that President Trump promptly violated. “But if the members are really pissed off, this is a mechanism they have.”

Any member of the Senate Democratic caucus can bring a challenge to Schumer’s continued leadership up for a vote. They would only need a majority of the caucus, or 24 of the 47 members, in order for the vote to succeed. Such a motion would probably prompt Schumer to leave before it came to a vote, Schuman added. “If you had a bunch of members who signed on to something like this, you’d probably see people step aside rather than be kicked out.”

Among the senators excluded from the outreach were Sens. Angus King (I-ME), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who reportedly negotiated the continuing resolution. None can be primaried next year; King and Hassan are serving terms that run until January of 2031 [link removed] and 2029 [link removed], respectively, and Shaheen is retiring.

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Multiple Democratic House members have called for Schumer to step down from his leadership position, including Reps. Ro Khanna [link removed] (D-CA), Mike Levin [link removed] (D-CA), and Rashida Tlaib [link removed] (D-MI). Democrats in other positions across the country have criticized the capitulation, including the governors of California and New York [link removed], Gavin Newsom and Kathy Hochul, and the mayor-elect of New York City, Zohran Mamdani [link removed].

Immediately after Democratic senators folded, the progressive movement Indivisible [link removed] launched what it said was the largest primary campaign it has ever run since forming almost a decade ago. “We need you in the fight for a stronger, better Democratic Party willing to defend our communities, our rights, and our democracy from the fascist threat of the Trump regime,” the group said on its sign-up page [link removed]. It called on everyone who is “fed up with being failed by our leaders again and again” and wants to “elect the fighters we need in this moment.”

MoveOn, Our Revolution, and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee [link removed] also have called on Schumer to resign.

Several candidates seeking to win a seat in the U.S. Senate have criticized Schumer and called for him to resign, including Graham Platner in Maine, Zach Wahls and Nathan Sage in Iowa, and Seth Moulton in Massachusetts. None of them are candidates that Schumer is backing in primary elections next year.

Even Shaheen’s daughter is angry. Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate for New Hampshire, said in a statement posted to social media [link removed] that any continuing resolution must fund the Obamacare tax subsidies that will expire at the end of next month. “Otherwise, no deal.”

Schuman said that barring a rule change that would remove Schumer, the other options Democratic senators have to kick him out are soft measures. Senators can write public or nonpublic letters, they can shout at each other, or they can give a speech on the floor. They can also discuss Schumer’s failure in campaign advertisements, or keep it in their back pocket and try to use it as leverage in the future. Other than that, the rules include no specific provision for removal of a leader unless they’re convicted of a felony.

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