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Sanders: 'I will support' Van Hollen for majority leader if he runs
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would support Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) for majority leader if he chose to run following the independent saying he would not back Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the leadership role. “Look, I have known Chuck Schumer for a very long time.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen is open to running for Senate majority leader, amid mounting calls for Senator Chuck Schumer to pass the torch. Van Hollen has “received an outpouring of calls and is now in active listening mode,” a person familiar with the Maryland Democrat’s thinking told Politico’s Playb…
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a progressive favorite to run for majority leader, is keeping the door open to challenging Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for the position, just days after ruling out the possibility.
A growing number of Democrats are calling for new leadership in the Senate to replace Schumer, arguing that the party needs a leader who better reflects its generational and ideological shift to the left.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) declined to back current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to lead the incoming Democratic majority in January. “We need a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas,” Blumenthal, 80, said Monday, according to Connecticut…
Choosing the Senate majority leader should be an open process, with a focus on who can best lead, and not the coronation of the longtime Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer. Let us all contact our newly elected Sen.
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., weighed in on rumors that he is interested in becoming Senate majority leader. The Democratic Party has taken control of Congress […]
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is calling on Sen. Chuck Schumer to step down from Senate Democrat leadership in the latest blow to his bid to hold on to power.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has added his name to the growing list of liberal-minded lawmakers asking Chuck Schumer to hand over the reins of the Senate. “I like Chuck. Nobody works harder than Chuck Schumer,” Sanders said at a joint press conference with Senator Elissa Slotkin Tuesday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said they won’t be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as leader of the incoming Democratic majority in the Senate. Sanders, a former presidential candidate and leader of progressives in the Senate, said Schumer had not been doing enou…
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader in the new Congress, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he won't be supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer as the Democratic majority leader in the new Congress. Sanders was joined Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan at a news conference at the Capitol.
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen is plotting out his position against Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. “I am listening to all the people from around the country that were calling for big change,” Van Hollen said at the Popular Mandate national conference Tuesday, according to Semafor reporter David…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ruled out supporting Sen. Chuck Schumer for another term, while Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said she would withhold her vote until she sees a “concrete plan.”
The chorus of Democrats demanding the party move on from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) grew louder on Tuesday from across the caucus’s ideological spectrum as the balance of power prepares to shift in Washington. Schumer has led Senate Democrats for nearly a decade.
Progressive senator says ‘I like Chuck … but the time is now for change’ as calls grow for new Democratic leadership Bernie Sanders, a progressive senator from Vermont, said on Tuesday he would not support Chuck Schumer ’s bid to serve as the Democratic leader in the US Senate, joining a growing coh…
Sanders and Slotkin are withholding their support for Schumer, while a potential challenge from Sen. Chris Van Hollen could complicate his bid to remain leader. The post Sanders, Slotkin Refuse to Back Schumer for Senate Majority Leader first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has urged Senator Chuck Schumer, 75, to relinquish his position as leader of the Senate Democrats. The union, which states it has 600,000 members, sent a letter to Schumer asking him to step aside.
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