Democrats Get A Big Win As Mike Johnson Caves On Spending Deal
Democrats got Speaker Mike Johnson to agree to the same topline spending number that former speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to, which is a setback for MAGA.
Democrats got Speaker Mike Johnson to agree to the same topline spending number that former speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to, which is a setback for MAGA.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated the milestone of the Senate having confirmed 50 Black judges to the federal bench under President Biden.
Speaker Mike Johnson got a big reality check from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer who took to the Senate floor to reject Johnson’s attempt to ransom Israel aid for tax cuts for billionaires.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be looking to pass a short-term continuing resolution on Tuesday, if McCarthy passes the resolution in the House, it will cost him his job.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that voters in swing states are more concerned about their own lives, and don’t care about Hunter Biden.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced a bipartisan amendment to the NDAA that would declassify government UFO records.
Majority Leader Schumer and Democratic Leader Jeffries made it clear that Democrats aren’t budging on their demand for a clean debt limit bill
Chuck Schumer urged reform, pointing out that “litigants can now effectively choose which judge will hear their cases, undermining free and fair trials.”
A group of Democratic senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Raphael Warnock have requested a DOJ investigation into the expulsion of two black Tennessee state representatives by state House Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is blaming Kevin McCarthy and Tucker Carlson and demanding that Fox News pull the plug on Carlson’s 1/6 disinformation campaign.
In a dear colleague letter to his fellow senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unloaded on Tucker Carlson and Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blew up Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan by telling the country that McCarthy doesn’t have the votes to pass a debt ceiling hike that includes spending cuts.
At a press conference, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) said that House Republicans have refused to show their plan and have instead offered gibberish like cutting the ‘woke’ agenda.
At a press conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reminded Republicans that three spy balloons flew over the US while Trump was president and none were shot down.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the GOP’s national sales plan devastating and vowed to kill it.
Senate Republicans have been complaining about problems with the nation’s air travel system, but they have been blocking Biden’s nominee to run the FAA since March of 2022.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer announced that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema did not get a special deal and will stay on her committees and caucus with Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made it clear during a press conference that he intends to isolate MAGA Republicans in the next Congress.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday that he will reach out to non-MAGA Senate Republicans, but Democrats won’t sacrifice their principles.
The Secret Service received a tip about a threat to shoot Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on 1/6 but they sat on it for an hour and did nothing.
President Biden made history by announcing a pardon for every American federally convicted of simple marijuana possession.
Senate Democrats delivered a major portion of the Biden agenda and added even more accomplishments to Joe Biden’s consequential presidency.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate will start voting at 5 PM ET and pass the PACT Act tonight.
Mitch McConnell was caught completely by surprise by Manchin and Schumer’s deal that was set up in secret basement negotiation.
Mitch McConnell had threatened to block the vital bill to increase semiconductor production if Democrats moved forward with reconciliation, so Democrats waited until the CHIPS bill passed and then announced the Schumer/Manchin deal.
The Build Back Better deal a.k.a. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022Â that Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin reached is better than anyone could have imagined and is a big victory by Democrats for the American people.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) described Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as unhinged for wanting to overturn same-sex marriage.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the Senate would vote very soon on a bipartisan bill to lower the cost of insulin.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Fox News for treachery and cowardice and said that it seems like they aren’t real news.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that the Senate will begin the process of voting on gun legislation tomorrow.
Tucker Carlson wanted to “debate” Chuck Schumer on his Fox News show. Schumer declined his offer but told the Fox Host to stop promoting replacement theory.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called out Fox and Tucker Carlson for spreading Great Replacement Theory.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he has no problem with peaceful protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices.
Under Chuck Schumer’s leadership, America is seeing that Mitch McConnell was the problem, not the Senate.
Majority Leader Schumer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar called out Sen. Tom Cotton for blocking eight Biden US Attorney nominees.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell released a joint Senate statement of solidarity with Ukraine.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made his displeasure clear after Sen. Rick Scott delayed the passage of the bill to strengthen the USPS.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he and a group of Senators are working on a final draft of a bill to reform the nation’s federal cannabis laws.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor that 25% of all the African-American women who are federal judges were nominated by Biden.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will get a prompt hearing in the Senate, which is possible because Mitch McConnell changed the filibuster.
A group of House and Senate Democrats, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, are demanding that Biden cancel $50,000 in student loan debt for each borrower.
Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer listed what President Biden and congressional Democrats have accomplished in their first year together.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Senate will consider changes to the filibuster on or before MLK Day (January 17).
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that talks between President Joe Biden and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) will continue, hurting plans to pass the “Build Back Better” plan before the holiday recess. Schumer did not offer a timeline in his remarks on the Senate floor. “The president requested more time to continue his…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer isn’t playing games with Sen. Joe Manchin as he is pushing toward a vote on Build Back Better before Christmas.
Sen. Chuck Schumer has clearly had enough of GOP voting rights obstruction, so he said Democrats will look at alternative paths to pass the bill alone.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced on Wednesday that under the Democrats’ agreement to lower prescription drug prices the cost of insulin will drop to $35/month.
Senate Democrats have reached a life-changing agreement for millions of Americans that will lower prescription drug costs.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) expressed confidence that President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda will pass the Senate soon.
After every single Republican blocked debate on the Right To Vote Act, Majority Leader Schumer told his colleagues to pass voting rights or watch democracy unravel.
Speaker Pelosi made it clear that she has no patience for any Democrat who might vote against raising the debt limit.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will seek to pass an increase of the debt limit by a majority vote on Tuesday afternoon.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor that Republicans block the Freedom to Vote Act, Democrats will pass it on their own.
Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer announced a continuing resolution that will suspend the debt ceiling through December 2022.
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected Sen. Joe Manchin’s call for a strategic pause on the reconciliation bill.
At a press conference, Senate Majority Leader Schumer told Democrats that they have no excuses on voting rights and everything is on the table to pass the bill.
President Biden is staging his own operation warp speed, except he is getting judges confirmed and seated at a fast pace.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told Republicans that they can agree to either pass the infrastructure bill quickly or stay in session.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Sens. Cory Booker and Ron Wyden have released the draft of their bill to federally decriminalize marijuana.
Majority Leader Schumer dealt a death blow to McConnell’s attempt to block Biden’s agenda on the Senate floor.
After Republicans blocked voting rights and election reform legislation from advancing, Majority Leader Schumer vowed this isn’t over.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer got emotional on the Senate floor as he discussed voting rights and Trump and the GOP’s destruction of democracy.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will hold a meeting of the Senate Budget Committee to begin the process of passing a filibuster-proof infrastructure bill.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Senate will be investigating DOJ spying on Democrats and will subpoena former Trump AGs Barr and Sessions.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer is looking to restore balance to the courts, and his first step is to recommend two voting rights attorneys to be federal judges.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will use a series of votes next week to show Democratic holdouts that the filibuster must go.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the Capitol attack would not be swept under the rug as he will make Senate Republicans vote on the 1/6 Commission.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) called for the end of the federal prohibition on marijuana on the Senate floor. Video: Schumer said: Today is what you might call a very unofficial American holiday: 4/20. It’s as appropriate a time as any to take a hard look at our laws that have over-criminalized the use of…
The Senate parliamentarian’s new ruling is a major expansion of reconciliation and will give Democrats more opportunities to pass bills without being filibustered.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Democrats would move forward on legalization and reforming federal marijuana laws.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) denounced Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s planned USPS cuts and said that the Senate would be taking a look at it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) dismissed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s (R-Ky.) threat to employ “scorched earth” tactics if Democrats successfully get rid of the filibuster. “We used to call the Senate, when he was in charge, the legislative graveyard,†Schumer told Stephen Colbert during an interview on The Late Show. “The House would send…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the Senate will vote on expanding background checks for gun purchases because Mitch McConnell can no longer stop the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is considering adding a provision to the stimulus bill that would penalize big corporations who don’t pay a $15/hour minimum wage.
Republicans are claiming that the stimulus bill contains a provision to build “Chuck Schumer Bridge,” but the funding request was made by Mitch McConnell’s wife in 2020.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats are moving “full steam ahead” on Covid-19 relief even as the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins, pushing back against any assertion that his party can’t balance two priorities at once. “To the pundits who said we can’t do both at once, we say…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have reached a power-sharing deal that secures Democratic control over committees in the upper chamber. The announcement comes after several weeks of negotiations. Schumer said the organizing resolution will be passed later today. Negotiations were tense at the start, with significant outrage…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that with President Biden’s support, Democrats will use reconciliation to pass COVID relief.
Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer filed a joint budget resolution which will allow them to quickly pass Biden’s American rescue plan.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Democrats will not make the same mistake that they made in 2009 and allow Republicans to whittle down aid for COVID.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the Senate would begin work on passing President Biden’s COVID rescue package next week.
McConnell can whine all he wants about Democrats finding ways to work around GOP obstruction, but no one is likely to take him seriously.
The bill from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour over 5 years got support from Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urged President Joe Biden to consider declaring a national climate emergency.
Chuck Schumer reminded Mitch McConnell on Monday that he lost the Senate and no longer gets to hold the chamber hostage.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer laid out his plan for Trump’s impeachment trial on Friday night, and it won’t start until after Biden gets his cabinet.
Democrats knocked down Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s attempt to protect the filibuster as part of the Senate’s power-sharing deal. McConnell (R-Ky.) had wanted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to include protecting the filibuster in any deal they agree to on how to organize the evenly-split Senate. “We’re not going to give him what…
The first bill of the new Democratic Senate majority is the For The People Act, which strengthens democracy and expands voting rights.
Majority Leader Elect Chuck Schumer made it clear that Mitch McConnell is lying about his inability to call the Senate into session to convict Trump.
Under an obscure provision, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can bring the Senate back into session early for Trump’s impeachment trial.
Senate Majority Leader Elect Chuck Schumer told VP Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office today.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called out Sen. Mitch McConnell and Pat Toomey for supporting tax cuts for corporations while blocking $2,000 stimulus checks.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer set a trap for Mitch McConnell to take all of the blame if he blocks $2,000 stimulus checks.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Senate Democrats will attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks.
Senate Democrats beat the Republican effort to sabotage the FED’s emergency lending power and promised more COVID relief in 2021.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blasted Trump for threatening to veto a pay raise for the troops.
Senate Democrats have re-elected Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to be the Senate’s Democratic leader. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have also ascended to leadership roles. Schumer has urged his Republican colleagues to break from President Donald Trump‘s claims that the election is fraudulent. Republican leaders in Congress should also do the…
Chuck Schumer couldn’t speak directly about the classified briefing he received but he was able to suggest that DNI Ratcliffe was lying about Iran’s motivations.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned that the upcoming election could be “a bloodbath of Watergate proportions” for the GOP if people are in dire financial straits as a result of the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. “If people are going back to work, if they’re optimistic, if they’re positive about the future, we could…
Senate Democrats have come up with a strategy that involves a series of delay tactics that will make life hell for McConnell and his majority.