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Meet the Senate’s new power players: Centrist Democrats

By Susan Ferrechio
Published January 8, 2021 4:00am ET
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Meet the Senate’s new power players: Centrist Democrats
From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo. | Susan Walsh/AP

There’s a new, powerful gang in the Senate.

Centrist Democrats, who make up a handful of lawmakers in the Senate, are the new doorkeepers to a sweeping Democratic agenda set to become law in the Biden administration.

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