Leading a 50-50 Senate: Can Chuck Schumer pull it off?
Washington Chuck Schumer is used to drinking from a firehose. But the incoming United States Senate majority leader has never taken on such a torrent of challenges, with the opening days of both the Biden administration and Democratic control of the Senate coming at the very moment an impeachment trial gets underway. A 38-year veteran of Congress who first came to the Senate during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, Mr. Schumer is a bundle of energy with one overriding mandate: Help President-elect Joe Biden become a successful president. To do so, he’ll have to leverage the narrowes...