Schumer threatens imminent vote on Senate rules change

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Monday that the Senate will debate and vote on changes to the chamber’s rules by Jan. 17 unless Republicans get out of the way on elections reform.

His threat seems inevitable, since Republicans are almost certain to block Democrats’ next attempt to bring up their priority legislation.

“The Senate must evolve, like it has many times before,” Schumer wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter sent Monday. “The Senate was designed to evolve and has evolved many times in our history. … The

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