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Act. Despite the fact that votes are still not there in the Senate on the legislation, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pledged before the holidays that the Senate would hold a vote on the measure in early January. Senator Schumer made that commitment shortly after Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) publicly stated that he could not support the bill, which drew strong rebukes from both the White House and Congressional Democrat leadership.