"I have not seen such uniting anger across the party in a long, long time," Charlotte Clymer, the Democrat behind the petition, said.

In interview, the Senate minority leader said intraparty critics underestimated the dangers of a funding lapse.

Donald Trump congratulated Chuck Schumer for his decision to advance a GOP bill to keep the government open — but it’s hardly the kind of praise that the Senate Democratic leader needs. Fellow lawmakers and party activists are irate at what they see as a massive cave to Republicans as a time when