Senate Democrats reelected Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Dec. 3 as their leader and whip, respectively.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) got the third-ranked and fourth-ranked positions in Senate Democrat leadership, respectively.
Klobuchar will chair her party’s Policy and Communications Committee, while Booker will lead the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee. Klobuchar currently holds the latter position.
The Steering and Outreach Committee is “dedicated to fostering dialogue between Senate Democrats and leaders from across the nation,” according to the Senate Democrats website.
The website says the Policy and Communications Committee is “an advisory board to the Democratic Leadership and as a research, policy-formulating, and communications arm of Senate Democrats.”…