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Legal Perspective

Schumer’s Shutdown

By Brent E. Zepke, Esq.

Oct 23, 2025
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The Democrat Government Shutdown Lingers

Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D, NY) is the minority leader of the Democrat Party in the U.S. Senate.

“How are you, Chuck, getting back down the hill?” is a question that springs into my mind when thinking of how to end the “Schumer Shutdown’ of the federal government.

Parenthesis is used around “Shutdown” to ind…

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