Schumer to introduce resolution to rename Senate building after John McCain

By Melissa Quinn

Published August 26, 2018 1:35am ET

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Schumer to introduce resolution to rename Senate building after John McCain — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington. | (Susan Walsh/AP)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., intends to introduce a resolution in the Senate to rename a Senate office building after the late Sen. John McCain, he announced Saturday.

McCain, R-Ariz., died Saturday at 81 following his battle with brain cancer. His death comes after the senator’s family announced Friday he would be discontinuing medical treatment.

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