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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.
He currently serves as the Senate's Republican second-in-command and will succeed 82-year-old Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving party leader in the chamber's history. Thune was first elected to ...
Sen. Jon Tester remains the most endangered Democrat running for reelection. In a state Trump twice carried by significant margins, he’ll likely need to overperform Harris by double digits.
S. 2747: Freedom to Vote Act (Senate failed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill by vote held on January 19, 2022) [24] S. 2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act; S. 3538: EARN IT Act; S. 4132: Women's Health Protection Act (Senate failed to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill by vote held on May 11, 2022 ...
Hosts meetings with advocates, activists, and elected officials to help with Democratic structure in the Senate. [citation needed] 7 Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Tammy Baldwin: Wisconsin: Responsible for managing the policy agenda for the Senate Democratic Caucus, as well as taking notes and aiding party leadership when the caucus ...
The Senate's structure gives states with smaller populations the same number of senators (two) as states with larger populations. Historian Daniel Wirls contends that this structure makes the Senate "non-democratic", [10] while Levitsky and Ziblatt argue that the Senate is America's most minoritarian (undemocratic) institution. [78]
In his maiden floor speech as Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at ...
Here are 10 Senate seats that could change hands later this year. West Virginia To keep it short and sweet: Unless something drastic happens, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) will replace ...