Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer had two choices as the clock ticked down to the government funding deadline: drop his threat to block the Republican bill or force a disruptive March 15 shutdown.

The United States Senate is to vote Friday on the six-month government funding bill that was passed by Congress, and while it's unclear whether it will succeed in the Senate, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,

A shutdown would give Donald Trump the keys to the city, the state and the country,” Schumer said on the Senate floor when he announced his decision. But nobody really knows