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Russell Senate Office Building To Be Named For John McCain

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On Sunday, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer's call to rename the Senate Office Building for the late Sen. John McCain received support from prominent members. In a statement Saturday, Business Insider reports that Schumer said he would be introducing a resolution for the building's name to be changed. This "so that generations remember him." Officials from both sides of the aisle backed the proposed change in on-air appearances on the Sunday political shows. On CBS's "Face the Nation, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, McCain's longtime state colleague, said "he wanted to be the "first Republican co-sponsor" for the name change. He added that it would be one honor among "many other things that we need to do, but that's a good one."

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