New: The lesson for Democrats is clear after this week.
“If we [don’t] stay united, if [one] person says, ‘I’m only going to vote for it if it has this’ ... we lose,” Schumer told me in an interview.
On the 50-50 Senate and the difficulties ahead huffpost.com/entry/chuck-sc…
“If we [don’t] stay united, if [one] person says, ‘I’m only going to vote for it if it has this’ ... we lose,” Schumer told me in an interview.
On the 50-50 Senate and the difficulties ahead huffpost.com/entry/chuck-sc…
Schumer on Friday's Manchin drama: “We told him if Portman’s bill passed, it would be dead. It took him about three or four hours to realize that and when he did, he came back and said ‘OK, let’s work this out.’”
Schumer said he got three 20-minute naps in during a grueling 24-hour session needed to pass “one of the most progressive pieces of legislation — if not the most progressive — in decades.”
Schumer defended Sinema after criticism from some on the left about her vote against $15 minimum wage.
“On the major issue before us, she was very helpful. She turned down all these difficult [Republican] amendments ... I’m positive about her," he said
“On the major issue before us, she was very helpful. She turned down all these difficult [Republican] amendments ... I’m positive about her," he said
Manchin wants to work on infrastructure in a bipartisan manner. Biden is also naturally more disposed to working across the aisle. But Schumer is skeptical.
“Maybe now they’ll learn to work with us....We’ll see, I don’t have much faith."
“Maybe now they’ll learn to work with us....We’ll see, I don’t have much faith."
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