In other words, Chuck has a bad hand and he knows it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have refused to back down on costly demands they want included in a continuing resolution backed by Republicans to keep the government funded for the next few weeks. On the other hand, the Democrats want to fight over cancelling provisions of the "beautiful bill." So why would someone like Senator Schumer do this? First, the senator knows that there is an ideological and generational war involving their side.