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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has been recently discussed as a possible Senate majority leader for his party in the upcoming Congress, said Monday he is “in listening mode” on taking up the role.

“What I’ve said from the very beginning is, we shouldn’t have a coronation. We should have a caucus discussion about what we’re going to do with the power and responsibilities that have been invested in us,” Van Hollen told reporters Monday.

“And until then, I think that nobody should be making any commitments. But, in response to people calling upon me to step up here, what I’ve said on it is: ‘I’m in listening mode and haven’t shut the door,’” the Maryland senator added.

Last week, Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.) reupped his push for Van Hollen to become Senate majority leader instead of current Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

During an appearance on “CNN News Central,” the Michigan Democrat reiterated his endorsement from earlier this year.

“I’ve been very clear: I think he’d be an amazing Senate majority leader,” El-Sayed told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on Thursday. “Of course, that’s a choice he has to make about whether or not he wants to pursue that.”

Adam Hamilton (Kan.), El-Sayed’s fellow Democratic senator-elect, on Sunday said that many people in his state saw Schumer as “polarizing.”

On “Meet the Press,” Hamilton was asked by NBC News’s Kristen Welker why Schumer, who Hamilton has previously critiqued, is not the right leader for Democrats.

“I mean no disrespect for Chuck Schumer,” Hamilton told Welker. “And I’ve told him that as well. But I think, at least where I live in Kansas, he is kind of a polarizing figure.”