Chuck Schumer: McConnell ‘will not dictate’ what the Senate does

Published January 24, 2021 10:16pm ET



Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday for stalling power-sharing negotiations as the Senate prepares to address the “three essential items on our plate” — impeachment, coronavirus relief, and confirming Cabinet members.

The Senate has yet to approve an organizing resolution that would give Democrats control of the upper chamber. After Georgia Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their January runoff elections, the balance of power shifted in the Senate to a split 50-50 between the two parties, with Vice President Kamala Harris acting as a tie-breaker.

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