Politico: How Cory Booker is wielding newfound Senate power
Even though his own White House bid did not go as he’d hoped, Booker says he’s at “a strange moment in my life” where he can finally count close ties to Joe Biden’s team, good relationships throughout the Senate, and a personal friend-plus-former colleague in Vice President Kamala Harris. He’s also wielding the gavel on an influential Judiciary Committee subpanel.
Booker seems to have put his presidential aspirations on the backburner as his full attention is on making a difference in the Senate, especially where police reform is concerned.
