Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Win Senate Leadership Posts
New Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also added some conservative members to leadership.
11/16/2016 12:04 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
Ryan Grim Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
Bill Clark via Getty Images
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will both have seats at the Senate Democratic leadership table this upcoming session, after party elections put them in new positions of power.
Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, was named to a new “Chair of Outreach” position. Warren, who was already in leadership, was elevated to a vice-chair title.
Calling the entire crew leadership is a stretch, however, as the group includes 10 members and there are 48 total Democratic senators. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who was elected on Wednesday to be the new Senate minority leader, said he decided to expand the leadership by three additional spots because doing so “shows we can unite the disparate factions of our party and our country. … The team is ideologically and geographically diverse.” ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...-leadership-posts_us_582c8c8be4b030997bbcbf0a
New Minority Leader Chuck Schumer also added some conservative members to leadership.
11/16/2016 12:04 pm ET | Updated 1 hour ago
Ryan Grim Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post
Bill Clark via Getty Images
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will both have seats at the Senate Democratic leadership table this upcoming session, after party elections put them in new positions of power.
Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, was named to a new “Chair of Outreach” position. Warren, who was already in leadership, was elevated to a vice-chair title.
Calling the entire crew leadership is a stretch, however, as the group includes 10 members and there are 48 total Democratic senators. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who was elected on Wednesday to be the new Senate minority leader, said he decided to expand the leadership by three additional spots because doing so “shows we can unite the disparate factions of our party and our country. … The team is ideologically and geographically diverse.” ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...-leadership-posts_us_582c8c8be4b030997bbcbf0a