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Chuck Schumer Returns To Roadblocking Senate Agenda, Pledges Not To Allow ‘Regular Order’

Emily Zanotti
Chuck Schumer Returns To Roadblocking Senate Agenda, Pledges Not To Allow ‘Regular Order’
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) returned to his efforts to roadblock Senate business Wednesday, derailing Republican efforts to vote on a scaled-back coronavirus relief bill and bring the agenda to a screeching halt ahead of the November presidential election.

Schumer is looking to use procedural tricks to delay a vote on judge Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court — a vote that looks all but certain to succeed and is now scheduled for Monday, despite Democrats’ complaints.

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