The U.S. Senate on Friday passed a stopgap spending bill, averting a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.

After weeks of frustration with President Donald Trump, the Democratic base has turned its ire on a new target: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the 9 Democratic senators who voted to advance a Republican funding bill rather than shut down the government.

Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the Republican measure

CNN political commentator and former Obama adviser Van Jones warned of a "volcanic eruption of outrage" directed toward Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after the federal spending bill passed Friday night.

CNN’s Van Jones said there was a “volcanic eruption” of outrage among Democrats after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer helped Republicans pass the government funding bill on Friday. “How angry are Democrats at Leader Schumer?

CNN political commentator Van Jones weighed in on the “volcanic anger” Democrats have with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after he voted to advance the GOP-backed spending bill, emphasizing the party needs some “alpha energy” and has to push back harder on the changes being executed by the current administration.