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Schumer in bind over fight to overhaul elections | |
2021-05-18 | |
![]() ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 45.44682 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... (D-N.Y.) faces big headaches in his own party as he tries to get a sweeping elections bill to President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body....... ’s desk. Schumer — who is up for reelection in 2022 and trying to keep Democrats in control of the Senate — finds himself trying to juggle competing interests over the fate of the For the People Act, a top legislative priority for the party. At one end, he’s dealing with a progressive base that wants to get the House-passed bill across the finish line and isn’t interested in substantially narrowing the legislation to make it happen. At the other is Sen. Joe Manchin ![]() (D-W.Va.), the biggest hold out who has shown no signs of budging, with others predicting the legislation will need changes if Democrats hope to secure enough votes on their side for passage. Related: Chuck Schumer: 2021-05-16 Pentagon Withdraws 120 US Troops From Israel Chuck Schumer: 2021-05-07 VDH Chronicles the US Political Split Chuck Schumer: 2021-04-27 Sen. Graham Supports Denying Quorum If Democrats End Filibuster Related: Joe Biden: 2021-05-16 Israel Showed White House Classified Evidence of Hamas at AP building Joe Biden: 2021-05-16 Protesters including Bella Hadid take to the streets across the U.S. in support of Palestinians Joe Biden: 2021-05-16 Biden Snapping and Losing It in Profanity-Laced Tirades at Staff | |
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