Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected calls to resign after backing a GOP funding bill. Critics say it gives Trump too much power, but Schumer argued it was better than a shutdown.

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made it clear in an interview aired Sunday: he’s staying put. Facing intensifying calls from within his own party to step aside, Schumer doubled down on his leadership,