Senator Chris Van Hollen’s policy credentials allowed his quick rise to roles usually reserved for the more tenuredUS politics live – latest updatesUS senator Chris Van Hollen’s challenge to Chuck Schumer’s leadership of Senate Democrats presents an ideological and biographical contrast to t he party as it takes control of Congress in two months.Though only about eight years younger than Schumer, Van Hollen is seen as a more progressive senator who has drawn attention for his opposition to the Trump administration’s abusive immigration practices – visiting his constituent Kilmar Ábrego García after an unlawful deportation to El Salvador – as well as opposition to federal corruption and US support for the Israeli government’s war in Gaza. Continue reading... ...read more read less