It is still unclear which programs could be affected by the executive order. Despite Schumer's statement, Trump does have an avenue to advance his goal

Senator Chuck Schumer criticized Donald Trump after the White House budget office has ordered a temporary freeze on all federal grants and loans, a move that could impact trillions in government spending and halt public programs.

CNN's Bakari Sellers laid into Democratic leadership over what he said was its feckless response to the first week of President Donald Trump's second term.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) condemned President Trump’s move to fire more than a dozen watchdogs at several federal agencies overnight, calling it a “chilling purge.”

New York Senator Chuck Schumer stated that President Donald Trump is violating the law after shutting down the interagency School Safety Board. The senator argued he made the board permanent in a bipartisan gun bill passed in 2022 and it can’t be removed.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on March 6, 2021. He has criticized the Trump Administration's move in January 2025 to nix a school safety panel created by federal legisation.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the firings a “chilling purge,” while GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, acknowledged that the firings may have violated the law but said: “Just tell them you need to follow the law next time.”

N.Y., said it was "deeply un-American" for President Trump to issue pardons for approximately 1,500 charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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In a statement, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said that the freeze would have devastating implications for the “most vulnerable people in our country,” and described the Trump administration’s forceful disregard of Congress’s powers as a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism.”