Schumer: I Recruited Elizabeth Warren After Scott Brown Allegedly Rejected Deal [View all]

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CATHERINE THOMPSON – DECEMBER 3, 2013, 11:15 AM EST

As Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tells it, he helped persuade Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to run for office after her Republican predecessor reneged on an agreement that could have kept him in office.

Schumer was asked in an interview with the New Republic published Monday why he says Warren shaped his outlook. In response, the New York Democrat spilled the details of an alleged deal with former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).

"I went to Scott Brown and said, 'If you give us the sixtieth vote for the Citizens United rollback, we won’t go after you,'" he told the New Republic. "I spent a lot of time lobbying him, and met some of his friends and had them lobby him. He said yes. Then he said no. So I wanted to recruit the strongest candidate against him, and I thought that was Elizabeth Warren."

Schumer was referring to the Disclose Act, which would have enhanced transparency in corporate campaign contributions. That legislation was filibustered by Senate Republicans.

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