It isn’t just the party’s left flank voicing opposition to Schumer’s concessions. Moderate Democrats Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and former Biden adviser Neera Tanden were among those who urged the Senate minority leader to “grow a spine.”

Wyo., joins 'America Reports’ to discuss Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to support the GOP spending package despite outrage from within his party.

Privately, many Senate Democrats conceded that their leader was doing his job by protecting his members from a tough vote and making a politically painful decision. But the backlash from his party was intense.

Chuck Schumer has given Senate Democrats an out — drastically lowering the chances of a government shutdown Saturday.

In failing to demonstrate what they stand for, Democrats fumbled the chance to show why they deserve a return to power, centrists and progressives say.