Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer confers with Sen. Brian Schatz, who said the chamber's Democrats have done a better job lately of resisting Republicans. J. Scott Applewhite/APSenate Democrats faced intense intraparty backlash last year after they worked with Republicans to fund the government without extracting concessions, such as an extension of lapsed federal health insurance subsidies.Those tactics unleashed a wave of anger directed at …