Senate Majority Leader Schumer News Conference on Reelection of Senator Warnock
During a Capitol Hill news conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated Senator Raphael Warnock’s (D) victory in Georgia’s runoff election… read more
During a Capitol Hill news conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated Senator Raphael Warnock’s (D) victory in Georgia’s runoff election and what would be Democrats' 51-49 Senate majority in the 118th Congress. He credited activist Stacey Abrams for introducing Senator Warnock to him and for Ms. Abrams' work for mobilizing Georgia Democrats Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Gary Peters joined Senator Schumer, and they cited these as among the reasons Democrats did better than expected in the 2022 midterms: candidate quality, an overly conservative Supreme Court, Democratic-led legislation, and tactical decisions in the elections. When asked about a bigger Democratic Senate majority diminishing the influence of Senators Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Joe Manchin (WV) in the next Congress, Senator Schumer replied that they “don’t always agree with us on certain issues, but they are tremendous contributors to our caucus, and we’ll continue to work with them.” close
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