McConnell jabbed Schumer over ‘no’ vote on Chao

Published March 9, 2017 3:16pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointedly needled his Democratic counterpart Chuck Schumer for voting against his wife, Elaine Chao, for transportation secretary this year.

Schumer was one of just six Democrats to vote against Chao for the post in President Trump’s Cabinet after she sailed through her committee hearings, despite providing little information about the president’s plans to unveil a $1 trillion infrastructure bill.

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