Sen. Chuck Schumer Becomes New Senate Majority Leader

Sen. Chuck Schumer Becomes New Senate Majority Leader
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 01, 2020. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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After Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), giving Democrats the majority in the Senate, it means that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is now the majority leader of the Senate.

“As majority leader, President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris will have a partner who is ready, willing and able to help achieve a forward-looking agenda,” Schumer said in a statement earlier this month after victory was declared for Ossoff and Warnock.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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