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Republicans chip away at Schumer’s stranglehold on the Senate

By David Sivak
Published April 3, 2023 9:25am ET
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Republicans chip away at Schumer’s stranglehold on the Senate
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has incredible power as the Senate’s majority leader. He sets the floor schedule and can single-handedly kill legislation by not bringing it up for a vote. Yet Senate Republicans are testing the limits of that power as they exploit obscure laws, and Democrats’ threadbare majority, to thwart Schumer’s ability to stop the […]

Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has incredible power as the Senate’s majority leader. He sets the floor schedule and can single-handedly kill legislation by not bringing it up for a vote.

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