Senate GOP strategy emerges in shutdown fight: ‘Let Schumer be Schumer’

Senate Republicans are looking to heap pressure on Democrats amid their fight over government funding — and they believe Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) talkative nature is giving them a key advantage.

While the party remains committed to moving ahead on a “clean” stopgap spending bill, four Senate GOP sources told The Hill they openly want the Democratic leader to continue beating the drums about a potential shutdown, believing that his doing so gives Repub...