Schumer declares himself majority leader following Senate run-offs in Georgia

Charles E. Schumer, New York’s longtime Democratic senator, will become the Senate majority leader of a rare 50-50 split Senate after two Democratic challengers won run-off elections in Georgia, he said Wednesday morning.Democrats are expected to take the majority in the Senate starting on Jan. 20, when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are inaugurated as president and vice president respectively. The vice president casts the tie-breaking vote in the Senate therefore, the Democrats would then ha