Republican senators returned to the US Capitol on Tuesday with their first consequential choice of Donald Trump’s new era in Washington hovering over them.
A week after re-claiming the Senate majority, Republicans will for the first time in 18 years elect someone other than Mitch McConnell to lead them. That decision, to be made Wednesday by secret ballot, will be an early indication whether they’ll serve as a check on — or a rubber stamp for — the president-elect.
Senator John Cornyn
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Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a contender for the post, strolled through the basement, a can of sugar-free Red ...
