Overview

• Booker objected to unanimous consent on five of seven police funding bills to force consideration of an amendment shielding grants from partisan freezes
• He allowed two trauma-kit and death-benefits measures to pass after Cortez Masto moved them separately and he chose not to object
• On the Senate floor he accused fellow Democrats of “being complicit” and urged the party to “have a backbone” in fighting Trump’s policies
• Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Amy Klobuchar criticized Booker for waiting until floor debate instead of offering his amendment during Judiciary Committee markups
• The showdown has laid bare fierce intraparty debate over whether Democrats should confront the administration or pursue bipartisan cooperation