Shoes off, an almost-empty container of leftovers, an unfinished glass of wine — this was the exhausted portrait of one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington after Senate passage of President Joe Biden’s sweeping health, climate and economic package.
New York’s Chuck Schumer effectively moved from minority to majority leader of the U.S. Senate on the morning of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, and he has helmed the chamber through a tumultuous, messy and yet surprisingly productive run with the longest evenly split 50-50 Senate in the nation’s history.
Methodical he is not, as the crumbs scattered on the senatorial carpet in his office off the Senate floor attest.
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