Schumer Demands All Ukraine Evidence At Impeachment Trial
As Mitch McConnell pushes a sham trial, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is asking all Ukraine documents and evidence at Trump’s impeachment trial.
As Mitch McConnell pushes a sham trial, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is asking all Ukraine documents and evidence at Trump’s impeachment trial.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is warning that Mitch McConnell is plotting the most rushed and unfair impeachment trial in history.
Sen. Chuck Schumer turned the tables on Mitch McConnell’s impeachment cover-up and put the pressure on vulnerable GOP Senators to break.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has requested that Lt. Col. Vindman be protected from Trump’s retaliation with whistleblower status.
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer blasted President Donald Trump for refusing to sanction Turkey in a move of total surrender.
House and Senate Democrats walked out on a meeting with Trump after the president melted down and launched into a diatribe against Nancy Pelosi.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that Democrats will force a Senate vote on a resolution to repeal Trump’s border wall national emergency.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blasted Mitch McConnell for ignoring Robert Mueller and blocking an election security bill in the Senate.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Trump of tipping off Fox News before he threw his White House temper tantrum.
Afterward, at a press conference with Senate Democratic Leader Schumer, Pelosi told reporters Trump may have lacked the confidence to work with Democrats on infrastructure. She said she prays for Trump.
Schumer said watching what happened at the meeting between the president and Democratic lawmakers “would make your jaw drop.” He said that when Trump was asked how he would pay for an infrastructure plan, “he had to run away.”
Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement where they laid out the dark connection between Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and William Barr.
Senate Democratic leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of leading a cover-up for Trump.
By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders agreed on Tuesday to spend $2 trillion on roads, bridges, water, broadband and power grids, and will meet again in three weeks to discuss how to pay for the plan, Democratic leaders said. The meeting, which appeared to be…
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that Trump has lost touch with the American people when he fired Kirstjen Nielsen for not being extreme enough on immigration.
Members of the Senate GOP caucus are now desperately trying to curb the president’s emergency powers according to a report this morning in The Hill. The new effort arose after Donald Trump’s veto on Friday of a congressional resolution blocking his declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Neither house of Congress…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is putting together a new plan to finally bring down his arch-nemesis, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. According to POLITICO, Schumer is working very hard to bring about McConnell’s downfall, which would be a major coup and a giant step toward Democrats taking control of the Senate after the 2020…
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday lambasted Donald Trump’s pathetic statement in his State of the Union (SOTU) address that Democrats would have to stop the investigations into his administration. The president said this was a precondition for bipartisan cooperation and getting any legislation passed. During Schumer’s appearance on CNN, host John Berman…
The U.S. government has been pushed to “the brink of a partial shutdown,†according to the Associated Press (AP).  With both sides unwilling to budge, a compromise solution does not look possible. On the one hand, Donald Trump and his White House aides say that Congress must provide $5 billion to build a wall along the…
If there is going to be an infrastructure “new deal†in the U.S. Congress it is going to have to be a green one. Already newly-elected Democrats are proposing the idea of a “Green New Deal†as one of the top priorities for the new Congress after it convenes in January. And now, in an…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has had enough of Donald Trump. On Tuesday he demanded that the president “stop bullying, harassing and lying” about the Florida recounts. “Speaking in defense of Florida Sen. Nelson, who is fighting for his Senate seat, Minority Leader Schumer called for President Trump to “stop bullying, harassing and lying” about…
Republicans in Congress are packing the agenda for their lame-duck session after the November 6th midterm elections. Clearly they are worried about losing control and know this may be their last chance to set the agenda for several years. Top priorities for the GOP include: spending legislation, the farm bill, a package to extend expiring tax…
The ultra-conservative Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is spending big money to pressure red-state Democrats Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. In a new ad buy the group is making one final push on behalf of Donald Trump’s beleaguered Supreme Court nominee. JCN announced on Monday they will spend $400,000 this…
The Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are being blasted by Senate Democrats for holding a hearing on the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh that will be a sham.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday called the sexual misconduct allegation brought by a woman against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh extremely credible and said the FBI should reopen its background investigation on the judge.
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer cited the “serious and credible allegations” that must be thoroughly investigated. “For too long, when woman have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced legislation that would require the Trump administration to release wage growth data with quarterly GDP numbers.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will introduce a resolution renaming the Senate office building after John McCain.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer released an immediate statement announcing his opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer said on Wednesday the Senate should reject any Supreme Court nominee put forth by President Donald Trump who would vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision or “undermine” healthcare protections.
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer of New York said that it was up to President Trump to fix the border problem and stop separating children.
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina expressed the views of many of his Senate colleagues on Tuesday when he said that any deals made between the U.S. and North Korea at President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un must go through Congress for approval. Speaking on NBC’s Today Show Graham said: “Not only do I…
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that he has asked former president Barack Obama to help, and he is optimistic that Democrats can take back control of the Senate after the 2018 midterm elections. In an interview with The Washington Post, Schumer (D-N.Y.) asserted that Democratic candidates are doing very well in their…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York has been more vocal lately in his criticisms of President Trump, calling out the president for saying the Russia investigation is “phony” and also blaming him for higher gas prices. After Trump tweeted that the Mueller probe is a “phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt” Schumer responded very…
House and Senate Democrats have unveiled a bold agenda that targets Trump corruption and the GOP swamp that has left the American people behind.
On Saturday we reported that President Trump may be trying to get a U.S. intelligence source killed by publicly releasing his secret identity. We said: “Donald Trump and Devin Nunes are working together to discover the name of a secret U.S. intelligence source so they can disclose his identity.  Their goal is to undercut the…
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) hit Trump for the spike in gas prices that are already taking a bite out of the wallets of every American before the summer holidays. Video: https://youtu.be/3AE17vbAvd0?t=8m55s Schumer said: Few things matter more to the average consumer than the price of a gallon of gasoline. When gas prices…
Schumer said the plan’s combination of tax increases for middle-class Americans and dramatic reductions for the wealthy is a recipe for a GOP bloodbath next year.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that Democrats and Republicans are close to an agreement on DACA.
After Trump tried to play hardball on avoiding a government shutdown, Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that meeting with the President would be a waste of time.
It is once again plug your nose week on Capitol Hill as House Republicans have released their tax bill with sweeping odious overhauls that steal away benefits for the poor and middle-class to pay for massive tax cuts for the most wealthy and largest corporations.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) exposed Trump for trying to cut anti-terrorism program funding after the President blamed Schumer for the New York terror attack.
Schumer told the president that Obamacare repeal is “off the table” and he should join other Republicans who are working with Democrats to improve the existing law.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was caught on an open microphone on the Senate floor telling Mitch McConnell how much Trump liked him, and how he told the President that he could benefit by taking a step to the left.
Trump is dealing with Democrats because he is mad at Ryan and McConnell. Democrats in Congress have figured this out and are using Trump as a weapon to divide the Republican Party.
Trump ignored the recommendations of his own White House and Republican leaders in Congress by quickly agreeing to Democratic demands on the debt ceiling.
Democrats in both the House and Senate wasted no time making Trump and the Republican Party pay for their president’s DACA bigotry by announcing that if the DREAM Act doesn’t come to the floor for a vote in September, they will attach it to every single must pass piece of legislation until it passes.
The top Democrat in the US Senate is urging Donald Trump to get off of his backside and apply more economic pressure to China as the North Korea crisis accelerates.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on ABC’s This Week that after the insurance markets are stabilized, Democrats will push for all options on the table including making Medicare and Medicaid available to all through a buy in a.k.a. the public option.
A handful of Democratic Senators were fuming on Thursday as Donald Trump and the White House strongly consider giving back two compounds to Russia that were shut down by the Obama administration.
Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ripped Trump for embarrassing America during his meeting with Putin.
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that he sees a 50 percent probability that Republicans will be able to pass their healthcare bill.
Democrats have turned the tables on Republicans and destroyed Trumpcare by stating that the Senate health care bill will result in, “higher costs, less coverage, and millions of Americans will lose their health insurance.”
As Democrats continue to hold the floor in the US Senate as part of their effort to stall the Republican health care bill, Senate Democratic Leader, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) got Republican Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) to admit that Obamacare wasn’t negotiated in secret, but had 25 days of hearings.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become a key target of Democrats and those who are demanding answers in the Russia investigation.
“This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this White House and as far away as possible from anyone that President Trump has appointed.”
“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom wrote in the Constitution that we had to worry about foreign interference,” Schumer warned on the Senate floor. “It’s happening now in a way that it has never happened before.”
“We will keep working to protect immigrant rights and maintain an inclusive, diverse, and strong America.”
Don’t hold your breath for a Trump plan. Or rather do: there might be a lot of water below that bridge you’re driving over
Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dropped the perfect response on Trump’s plan to hold Obamacare hostage to pay for the wall. Schumer’s office said that the US government takes care of Americans, and according to Trump, Mexico is supposed to pay for the wall.
Not that Republicans needed any help failing when it comes to tax reform, but just in case they need cover from their own failures, they can now blame minority Democrats.
Democrats have vowed to block Trump’s tax reform until he releases his own taxes.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told NBC’s Meet The Press that Neil Gorsuch doesn’t have the 60 votes needed to move forward, so Republicans and Trump need to pick a more mainstream Supreme Court nominee.
“Let me repeat that: only three of the current senators on the Republican side voted for either one of President Obama’s confirmed nominees. Most voted for neither.”
“And every single one of them lined up to conduct an ‘audacious’ partisan blockade of Merrick Garland,” the top Democrat reminded Republicans.
The campaign promise that Trump made to get Mexico to pay for his border wall was used by Democratic Senate Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as justification for why Congress should not give Trump a single penny for his wall.
During an interview on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made it clear that Democrats plan to block Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Schumer is going to force Gorsuch to get 60 votes or be replaced by a new nominee.
Chuck Schumer was on fire Thursday when he announced his opposition to President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, forcing 60 votes for confirmation.
“At this point, I don’t believe there are eight Democrats supporting Judge Gorsuch,” said Dick Durbin
“His speeches are populist…aimed at working America. His actions help the special interests and make it harder for the middle class”
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are planning to land a massive blow against the Republican effort to take away health care from tens of millions of Americans with a day of Senate led nationwide protests on February 25.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) showed President Trump that there would be consequences for his outburst against the judge who temporarily halted Trump’s ban. Schumer said that Trump’s behavior had lifted the bar even higher for confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee.
Immediately after President Trump nominated Neal Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer released a statement that strongly suggested that Democrats intend to block Trump’s nominee.
“There were major holes in how it was done. It almost seems like back-of-the envelope…the slap-dash way it was done was appalling and created the chaos.”
Senate Democrats are planning to make Republicans pay dearly for not standing up and speaking out against President Trump’s Muslim ban.
Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is signaling that any Trump nominee that isn’t mainstream is going to be facing a fight in the US Senate.
Jason Chaffetz attacked the ethics office for publicly questioning Trump’s ethics, leading Chuck Schumer to call his bullying “deplorable”
These standards are particularly important given the fact that many of Trump’s picks haven’t provided the proper ethics disclosures.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer made it official during remarks on the Senate floor; Democrats are prepared to delay confirmation of Trump’s cabinet by weeks if the president-elect’s nominees are not properly vetted.
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer along with Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi are rallying and leading a national day of action on January 15 to save healthcare.
Both advocates and members of Congress are calling for a Select Committee investigation after top US intelligence agencies released a report that finds that Russia influenced the presidential election to support Donald Trump.
When Trump attacks “the failed ObamaCare disaster, with its poor coverage” he ignores the 20 million + who now have coverage thanks to Obamacare
Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump after he promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid†and “he must be held to his promises.â€
The U.N. reaffirmed its consensus that settlements have no legal validity. The United States has been sending a message that settlements must stop.
Senate Democrats are exposing Donald Trump real agenda by hitting the president-elect hard for filling his cabinet with people who are committed to cutting Social Security and Medicare.
Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jack Reed joined Republican Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and John McCain in a joint statement that committed to investigatingRussia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Incoming Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for a full bipartisan congressional investigation into Russia’s efforts to help Donald Trump win the White House.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) shifted away from the overly positive talk of working with Donald Trump by promising to fight Trump tooth and nail during an interview on ABC’s This Week.
Senate Democrats are considering a strategy of collaboration with President-elect Trump, which if acted upon would send the Democratic base into a state of total rebellion.
“The bottom line is that keeping this material classified only strengthens the theory that some in the US government are hellbent on covering up for the Saudis.â€
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) ripped the hypocrisy behind Ted Cruz’s promise to filibuster any Obama Supreme Court nominee during an interview on ABC’s This Week.
Top Senate Democrats are calling on John Boehner to immediately stop wasting taxpayer money by disbanding his Select Committee investigating Benghazi.
As long as the Kochs own Congress, Republicans will propose robbing the elderly to pay for projects that benefit the rich and corporations
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on CBS’s Face The Nation that Senate Democrats have enough votes to sustain the widely expected veto that President Obama will issue after Republicans pass a bill authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
It is being reported that Obama will tap Brooklyn prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the nation’s top attorney, making Lynch the first black woman to hold the post. Ted Cruz made sure to publicly complain about the potential nomination.
Certainly there are those who have admired Sen. Cory Booker from afar who are now somewhat flummoxed at his decision not to support President Barack Obama’s historic deal with Iran.
The House of Representatives will lose one if its truly great, progressive voices at the end of this year as Rep. George Miller (D-CA) announced on Monday that he will retire from Congress and not seek reelection.
Well, when looking at the most frequent guests on these shows in 2013, it is apparent that the opinions that were most valued by these shows were from older, white, male Republicans.
Senate Democrats introduced legislation today that appears to put Republicans on notice that if they mess with the debt ceiling again, Democrats will permanently eliminate their default threat.
Sen. Chuck Schumer didn’t have to say it directly, but he made it very clear that he thinks Edward Snowden is a coward who refuses to face the consequences for his actions.
Ann Coulter didn’t stop with Hannity but called Marco Rubio the Jack Kervorkian of the Republican Party
With some veterans waiting years to access the benefits they need and deserve, Senator Boxer led a bipartisan group uring the Dept of Defense to work more effectively with the VA.