Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer joins The View to defend his position in the vote against a government shutdown as Joy Behar calls him out.

"I wasn't going to take this flak just for having a lot of fun," Schumer said on "The View," while Sunny Hostin told Schumer she thinks he "caved" with his vote.

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough spots, like the showdown over government funding.

Add another member of Congress to the list of angry Democrats saying it might be time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to call it quits. Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents a deep-blue Maryland district just outside Washington,