Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer convenes the gatherings, which regularly include several Democratic senators, a dozen Senate aides and representatives of about 20 liberal organizations. “We’re looking to Sen. Schumer to unite the Democratic caucus to fight Kavanaugh,” said Ben Wikler, Washington director of the activist MoveOn.org. Even so, the votes of three moderate Democratic senators facing difficult re-election races seem up for grabs: Indiana’s Joe Donnelly, West Virginian Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. “Our job is to convince the American people he will undo women’s reproductive freedom and undo health care,” Schumer said in a brief interview when asked about liberals’ complaints about his efforts. Talking about health care provides ammunition to Democratic senators from GOP-leaning states, where the benefits of Obama’s health law are often popular.

Source: National Post August 20, 2018 15:19 UTC