Schumer Torn on Mukasey

By Emily Pierce and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 1, 2007, 12 a.m.

With a crucial Judiciary Committee vote on attorney general nominee Michael Mukasey scheduled for Tuesday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) finds himself in a conundrum as fellow Democrats begin to turn against the man he publicly recommended for the nation’s top law enforcement spot.

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