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The speaker’s own caucus is starting to rebel over the fact that he adjourned the House during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The EPP this week bullied the centrist Renew faction and the center-left Socialists & Democrats caucus into supporting partial rollbacks of these measures.

And Okamura may not have full control of the MPs in his caucus – always a recipe for disaster in coalition politics.

Still, Schumer began gauging his caucus Monday afternoon on the prospects of a continuing resolution that would in effect delay a shutdown by a week, briefly extending government funding in order to continue negotiations.

Even with the heavy focus on the redistricting ballot measure, gubernatorial candidates were also skittering around the convention, speaking to various caucuses, greeting delegates in the hallways and holding private meetings.