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Chuck Schumer is now the most powerful of the country s 100 senators.
The Senate majority leader needs to notch wins on President Biden s agenda to keep that title beyond 2022.
To do that, the New York Democrat is leaning on an arcane budget technique that requires just 51 votes.
Chuck Schumer s flip phone is one of the hardest working artifacts in Washington.
That s clear to anyone who has watched the Senate majority leader navigate the labyrinth of tunnels below the US Capitol, his throwback technology glued to his ear as he carefully manages the 49 Democratic-aligned colleagues who constitute his fragile power base.
1. INSIDE THE SENATE: Sen. Chuck Schumer s flip phone is one of the hardest working artifacts in Washington. In reality, Schumer s most prized assets in the evenly-divided Senate are Vice President Harris tiebreaker vote, and some arcane budget rules that allow him to overcome Republican opposition. Insider dove into how the New York Democrat is wielding his power.
Here s a peek at what we found:
He s always on: Typical daily interactions include touching base via back-to-back calls with newcomer Raphael Warnock of Georgia via Zoom and discussing infrastructure strategy with Tom Carper, the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman and a well-known Biden sounding board.