Chuck Schumer "Working Closely With Senator Klobuchar" to Whip Votes for Antitrust Bills
There is a clear path to passage: Put the bill on the floor, and dare senators to oppose it.
Sara Sirota
Sara Sirota is a former Politics Reporter at The Intercept. She was previously an Air Force reporter at Inside Defense. She has a master’s in security studies from Georgetown University and bachelor’s in political science from Colgate University. She hails from New York and is now based in Washington, D.C.
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