In this file photo, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., stands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to confirm the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the . more > By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer plans to fire the Senate Sergeant at Arms once his party has control of the upper chamber.
“If Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Stenger hasn’t vacated the position by then, I will fire him as soon as Democrats have a majority in the Senate,” the New York Democrat told POLITICO.
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he will fire Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mike Stenger when Democrats take control of the chamber this month after the pro-Trump riots in the Capitol.
“If Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Stenger hasn’t vacated the position by then, I will fire him as soon as Democrats have a majority in the Senate,” Schumer told Politico in a statement on Thursday.
Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chris Reese