In only one year as Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer has managed to pull off some large but dubious achievements. The biggest came last week, when New York’s senior senator became the only Democrat in recent memory to lose a government shutdown fight. The way he lost was as distinctive as the loss itself. Having vowed on a Friday not to agree to a funding bill until Congress had a bipartisan agreement to protect the so-called Dreamers (immigrants who came to America illegally as children), by Monday he was crying uncle....

Source: Wall Street Journal January 30, 2018 00:00 UTC