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‘Poor Chuck’: Schumer confronts midyear mess
Defections are looming. The clock is ticking. But the majority leader is projecting confidence: Unity brings us strength and success.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is more eager to let all the differences within the caucus play out and pursue the messy process of legislating in an evenly divided Senate. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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Senate Democrats are publicly divided over infrastructure strategy. The caucus most conservative senator openly rebelled against the party’s signature elections bill. And two of Chuck Schumer’s members keep clashing on military sexual assault reform.
It’s enough to invoke a bit of pity for the voluble New Yorker who holds the reins of a 50-50 Senate. There s a growing feeling on the Hill that Democrats are already running out of time to deliver on years of promises.
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