Schumer won’t rule out extreme Senate makeover: ‘America needs some change’

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 22, 2020 8:30pm ET

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Schumer won’t rule out extreme Senate makeover: ‘America needs some change’ — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks following remarks by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who told reporters he has secured enough Republican votes to start President Donald Trumpâs impeachment trial and postpone a decision on witnesses and documents Democrats want, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’ll consider major changes to the Senate, including an end to the filibuster, if Democrats take back the majority in November.

“Everything is on the table,” Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Tuesday. “My Senate Democratic colleagues and candidates know America needs some change, and we’re going to figure out the best way to do it.”

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