The Senate's Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, sent a letter to members of his party on Tuesday warning that the foreign aid and broadcasting cuts could make it more difficult to negotiate the package of spending bills that must pass by September 30 to fund the government next year and avoid a shutdown.

The president is threatening to withhold his endorsement from Republican senators who oppose the $9.4 billion package of cuts.

As we have seen over and over again, Trump threatened to withhold endorsements from GOP senators who don’t support the Trump administration’s attempt to force Congress to give