Can Senate Democrats Save the Party?
By THE EDITORIAL BOARDNOV. 26, 2016
Having had more than two weeks to ponder one of the most humiliating presidential defeats in its history, the Democratic Party is moving to apply its lessons to the legislative battles ahead, as well as to the daunting but essential task of rebuilding the party’s fortunes.
Much of the burden will fall on Democrats in the closely divided Senate, where arcane rules give the opposition party leverage to shape or block legislation passed by the rigidly conservative, Republican-dominated House. The challenge facing the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, is to determine when to say no and when to compromise on matters of broad economic benefit.
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