Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has publicly backed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to succeed him as Senate minority leader when he retires at the end of 2016, possibly giving the main pro-Israel lobby a powerful new ally in the upper chamber.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Reid predicted that Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) would step aside to clear the way for Schumer’s ascension. So far Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat, hasn’t said whether he’ll pursue the party’s top leadership post in the Senate. Either way, both lawmakers would provide a more forceful voice on foreign policy than …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
