2016-11-16 — politico.com
His leadership team now numbers 10 senators, a potentially unwieldy group that encompasses more than a fifth of a 48-member caucus poised to be a leading spear of opposition to President-elect Donald Trump. Schumer's moves to diversify the leadership ranks comes on the heels of Trump's success among blue-collar voters and as liberals try to keep pushing the party to the left. "We'll unite our caucus and speak to the blue-collar worker in West Virginia and Michigan as well as the people who live along the coasts," Schumer said after a remarkably quick leadership meeting, which featured no contested races.
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Senate Democrats are the last line of defense against Trump's agenda because of the chamber's supermajority hurdle. They're expected to oppose any attempt to repeal Obamacare and slash tax rates, among other policies. At the same time, they want to work with him to pass a massive infrastructure package and crack down on Chinese currency manipulation.
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