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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on April 13, 2021, 11:45:15 pm
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Schumer warns Democrats can't let GOP block expansive agenda
By Jordain Carney - 04/13/21 07:37 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) unveiled an expansive agenda on Tuesday, stressing that while he hoped to pick up GOP support, Democrats could not let Republicans stonewall them.
Schumer, during the first in-person lunch for Senate Democrats in roughly a year, outlined his short-term and long-term agenda and stressed that the caucus can't let Republicans block the party's big priorities.
Schumer told members that it was his "desire to try to work with Republicans" to accomplish Democrats legislative goals, according to a Senate Democratic source who attended the meeting.
"But Schumer also cautioned that Senate Dems do not have the luxury of time and if Republicans are intransigent, then Senate Dems will need to discuss a path forward because failure is not an option," the source added.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/548086-schumer-warns-democrats-cant-let-gop-block-expansive-agenda
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Schumer demands it would be wrong for democrats one party government to be denied anything they want, but are willing to allow a few token Republicans to hang around to be facade stooges and share blame for the worst things democrats accomplish.