The Los Altos Shrink Taking Over Washington

Karla Jurvetson
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Theodore Schleifer
September 21, 2021

About a month ago, Chuck Schumer was on the phone with the political group Voices for Progress, explaining to some donors and party activists the bind that Democrats like him were in when it came to passing a new voting-rights law. Things are hard, was his gist. Give me time.