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| Schumer reelected US Senate leader after Democrats expand majority |
| 2022-12-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] US Senator Chuck Schumer ...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 47.00903 years, or 329.06321 years in dog years. Senate minority leader as of 2017... was unanimously elected Thursday for another term as Senate Democratic leader, helming a bolstered 51-seat majority for a new era of divided government in Congress. Senate Democrats met behind closed doors at the Capitol to choose their leadership team for the new Congress that begins in January. The session was quick and upbeat, with no challengers. Unlike the contested Republican elections, the Democratic leaders were selected by acclamation. Applause was heard in the halls. "We had a great unified meeting, where we were both very glad about what we were able to accomplish in the last Congress and setting aspirations — strong aspirations — that we will accomplish as much in the next two years," Schumer said afterward, flanked by the dozen-member team. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #13 ^ I'd tend to believe he is the one who has kompromat on enough of his colleagues to maintain his grip on power. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-12-09 12:33 |
| #12 Schumer has a checked past. His resiliency with regard to Dem leadership can either be attributed to his strategic brilliance or to the fact that he is a compromised puppet of someone else. Any tertiary inspection of his statements on any topic yields sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis that he is brilliant. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-09 12:08 |
| #11 I'd call Schumer a reptile but Besoeker told me to stop insulting reptiles...even if I do believe they have certain characteristics in common. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-12-09 11:52 |
| #10 Reluctantly and unhappily agree with #1. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-12-09 11:19 |
| #9 In my opinion Schumer is in worse health than Biden. My opinion is he will not last much longer. More than just trichotillomania. |
| Posted by: Dale 2022-12-09 09:54 |
| #8 Originally, (pre 17th Amendment) senators were elected by the state legislature. Whichever party ran the legislature decided which party the senators of that state would be. Currently, how many states have a (R) legislative majority but 1 or both senators are (D). PeeAye comes to mind. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-09 09:17 |
| #7 #5 The intent was that the Senate represent the States of which 13 sovereign ones banned together to create the Constitution. It was not intended to represent the 'people', that is what the House is for. Senators should be elected by States not metropolitan areas. Senators should be chosen by an electoral process similar to Presidents. Each political subdivision, be it county or parish, gets one electoral vote. Within those subdivision the choosing of the elector can be 'democratic' as in majority or plurality selection. That way the State is represented not a major urban area. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-12-09 08:57 |
| #6 Unconfirmed: Tired of partisanship senator Kyrsten sinema abandons dems goes Independent. That was just on the news Airandee, so mostly confirmed. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2022-12-09 08:50 |
| #5 Maybe it is time to adjust voting. 1 seat for the Metro's 1 Seat for Non-DC plantation Rural areas |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-12-09 08:29 |
| #4 Did he include a big thank you to Mitch? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-12-09 07:35 |
| #3 Don't worry. Mittens Romney is there to pick up the slack for the Dems. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-12-09 07:17 |
| #2 Unconfirmed: Tired of partisanship senator Kyrsten sinema abandons dems goes Independent. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-12-09 07:06 |
| #1 Disgusting, but evidently this is the type of representation and leadership the voters desire. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-09 02:28 |