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![Jared Young(cq) converses with journalists before an interview Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at the Columbia Jet Center at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia. “If I was in the House as an Independent, I wouldn’t be able to do much- I’d just get squashed,” Young said during the interview. “But in the Senate, every single individual Senator wields tremendous power. [Independent Senators] are involved in every decision that’s made in the Senate.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/18ba966/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+186/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F03%2F28b5dee44dfe88549819b454495b%2Fjared-young.jpg)
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![Jared Young(cq) converses with journalists before an interview Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at the Columbia Jet Center at Columbia Regional Airport in Columbia. “If I was in the House as an Independent, I wouldn’t be able to do much- I’d just get squashed,” Young said during the interview. “But in the Senate, every single individual Senator wields tremendous power. [Independent Senators] are involved in every decision that’s made in the Senate.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3270c82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1750x975+0+186/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F03%2F28b5dee44dfe88549819b454495b%2Fjared-young.jpg)
