Sen. Murphy Vows to Fix ‘Broken’ Democrats in New Leader Role

Senator Chris Murphy says his party and the Senate are broken. He’s joining the Democratic leadership team in the new Congress with hopes of helping fix it.

Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in December unveiled the new leadership roster for the 119th Congress, which includes Murphy (D-Conn.) joining the list of the chamber’s chiefs and taking the title of deputy Democratic conference secretary.

Murphy, 51, who won re-election in November and outperformed his party’s presidential ticket in his state, wants Democrats to sell themselves better and more aggressively go after corporations. He also wants the Senate to take more ...