Chuck Schumer actually said...

"Republicans played a dangerous and risky partisan game. And I am glad that their brinksmanship did not work. Senate Republicans insisted they wanted a solution to the debt ceiling but said Democrats m..."

"If Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer decide to pursue the nuclear option, decide to try to change the filibuster rules, they don’t have the votes for that."

"We could prevent a catastrophic default with a simple majority vote tomorrow, if Republicans would just get out of the damn way we could get this all done."

"We will need to get a bill extending the debt ceiling to the President's desk by the end of this week. We aren't asking Republicans to vote yes, even though it's debt that they incurred. We are simply..."