Whoopi Goldberg started the discussion off by asking Schumer why he decided to vote for the continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, and that’s when Schumer went into a full-on diatribe about his rationale and batted away several interruption efforts.

N.Y., defended his decision to vote for a Republican spending bill to avoid a government shutdown as "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin said he caved.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is drawing pushback from fellow Democrats over his decision to help pass the GOP spending bill. MSNBC’s Alex Witt discusses Schumer’s strategy, the anger amongst Democrats,

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has been the target of scathing criticism from members of his own party after voting for a Republican-drafted stopgap spending bill that cut many nondefense programs,