Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer [D-NY] now says two freshmen senators will be allowed to attend Senate orientation this week. Schumer drew criticism when he refused to invite Senator-elect David McCormick to orientation, despite the fact his race had been called days ago by the Associated Press. Democrat winner in Arizona, Ruben Gallego [D-AZ] will also be allowed to attend. Some of the criticism of Schumer came from Arizona’s now Independent Senator Kirsten Sinema [I-AZ]. She wrote on X that she when she won election as a Democrat in 2018, she was allowed to attend orientation even though her race had not yet been called.