Schumer reelected Senate leader after Democrats expand majority
Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate.
The House vote to impose a contract brokered by the White House but rejected by some workers was 290 to 137.
The vote was 61-36, with a number of Republican senators choosing not to vote.
In the two battleground races, Republicans are trying to tie Democrats to high levels of crime in cities like Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
Watching the vote from the Senate gallery, comedian and vocal advocate of the bill Jon Stewart grew teary-eyed.
Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats to pass the bipartisan-negotiated bill.
"I am here on this floor to beg — to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues," he said. "Find a path forward here."
Republicans pushed a line of questioning about some of her past sentences in child pornography cases.
"The good news is if we can get this passed, we don't have to do this stupidity anymore," Senator Marco Rubio said on the Senate floor.
A Senate hearing on gun violence on Tuesday highlighted the significant disagreements between Democrats and Republicans on the best ways to prevent mass shootings and reduce firearm deaths.
The U.S. Senate candidate and his wife earned $1 million over three years.
The tweet showed a map labeling Newark as "West Africa," "Guyana," among other places.
