Jan. 25, 2022: Schumer strategy leaves some Dems seething

Frustration with Chuck Schumer leadership strategy is privately simmering among some Hill Democrats. 

We talked to a half-dozen senior Democratic staffers in both chambers Monday night and heard a variation of the same complaint from each of them: that Schumer’s ploy to isolate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Build Back Better and then voting rights has only set the party back in achieving its goals.

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