{"id":524150,"date":"2022-12-09T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/schumer-says-sinema-can-keep-committee-assignments-after-leaving-democratic-party\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:13:06","slug":"schumer-says-sinema-can-keep-committee-assignments-after-leaving-democratic-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/schumer-says-sinema-can-keep-committee-assignments-after-leaving-democratic-party\/","title":{"rendered":"#Schumer says Sinema can keep committee assignments\u00a0after leaving Democratic Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276664583d1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276664583d1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/schumer-says-sinema-can-keep-committee-assignments-after-leaving-democratic-party\/#Schumer_says_Sinema_can_keep_committee_assignments_after_leaving_Democratic_Party\" >Schumer says Sinema can keep committee assignments\u00a0after leaving Democratic Party<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Schumer_says_Sinema_can_keep_committee_assignments_after_leaving_Democratic_Party\"><\/span>Schumer says Sinema can keep committee assignments\u00a0after leaving Democratic Party<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/schumercharles_stabenowdebbie_baldwintammy_11152022getty.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday announced he will let Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) keep her Senate committee assignments after she dropped her affiliation with the Democratic Party and said she would identify as an Independent. <\/p>\n<p>Schumer added Sinema\u2019s decision will not affect Democratic control of the Senate\u2019s committees, including the power to issue subpoenas and discharge legislation without Republican support \u2014 powers the Democratic majority gained after winning the Senate runoff in Georgia this month. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSen. Sinema informed informed me of her decision to change her affiliation to Independent. She asked me to keep her committee assignments and I agreed,\u201d Schumer said in a statement. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyrsten is independent; that\u2019s how she\u2019s always been. I believe she\u2019s a good and effective Senator and am looking forward to a productive session in the new Democratic majority Senate,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will maintain our new majority on committees, exercise our subpoena power, and be able to clear nominees without discharge votes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinema currently sits on the Senate Banking Committee, the Commerce Committee, the Homeland Security Committee and the Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee. <\/p>\n<p>Sinema announced in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/opinion\/op-ed\/2022\/12\/09\/sen-kyrsten-sinema-of-arizona-why-im-registering-as-an-independent\/69712395007\/\">op-ed published by The Arizona Republic<\/a> that she decided to leave the Democratic Party in order to separate herself from partisan politics. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen politician are more focused on denying the opposition party a victory than they are on improving Americans\u2019 lives, the people who lose are everyday Americans,\u201d she wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington,\u201d she added. \u201cI registered as an Arizona independent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Two other senators who identify as independents also receive their committee assignments from the Senate Democratic leader: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. 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Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) keep her Senate committee assignments after she dropped her affiliation with the Democratic Party and said she would identify as an Independent. 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