Politicians are backing Sen. Schumer's call to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain

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• Several political leaders followed Sen. Chuck Schumer's call to rename the Senate Office Building for the late Sen. John McCain after his death.
• In a statement Saturday, Schumer said he would be introducing a resolution for the building's name to be changed, which several leaders supported in on-air appearances Sunday.
• There has been previous debate about renaming the building from the late Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia, who held pro-segregationist views.

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer's call to rename the Senate Office Building for the late Sen. John McCain received support from prominent members of Congress on Sunday.

In a statement Saturday, Schumer said he would be introducing a resolution for the building's name to be changed "so that generations remember him."See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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