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The proposed federal shield law, S 448, the "Free Flow of Information Act," passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today on a 13-6 vote. The idea behind the statute is to protect journalists and their sources. Full Article at Power Line
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano agreed Wednesday to a request from Sen. Chuck Schumer to work with Canadian officials in publicizing options for people who want to cross the U.S.-Canada border but don't want to pay for a... Full Article at Binghamton Press
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz. , from left, Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. , partially hidden, and Minority Leader Mitch Mc Connell take part in a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced this afternoon it has reached a compromise on legislation to enact a so-called "shield law" that would prevent journalists from being held in contempt of court, fined or jailed for refusing to reveal... Full Article at Seven Days
WASHINGTON - Unions leaders, among the most passionate backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, pressed Democratic senators Thursday to drop a tax on high-value insurance plans to pay for remaking the nation's system. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
Sen. Chuck Schumer is getting touch with his inner Rep. Chuck Schumer. In a throwback to his old days in the House -- remember his breakfast cereal price crusade? -- New York's senior senator has co-authored a measure with Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Full Article at The Politico
When Sen. Chuck Schumer arrived in Lyons on Nov. 24 to unveil a grand plan for a passenger train station, so did the smoke and mirrors. Full Article at MPNNow.com
The Working Families Party says that “It’s Schumer vs. Lieberman on the Public Option” in a letter to supporters, conjuring up images of a Thilla in Manila nobody would pay to see. Full Article at Capitol Confidential
We're not going to not pass a bill." So says New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, echoing Democrats' determination to pass health reform legislation. But it may be premature to declare victory. Full Article at Investor's Business Daily
The congressional approval rating just went up with the all important Jason McIntyre demographic though. We haven’t seen numbers this high since Senator Chuck Schumer suggested Mark Teixera had locked up the AL MVP in July. Full Article at The Big Lead
WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano agreed Wednesday to a request from Sen. Chuck Schumer to work with Canadian officials in publicizing options for people who want to cross the U.S.-Canada border but don't want to pay for a... Full Article at WGRZ | Buffalo, NY
In the morning, President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. Full Article at CBS News
Just when you have a pretty good sense of who is dishing protectionist nonsense and from where, along comes Robert Aliber, who — according to the byline of his commentary in yesterday’s Financial Times – is professor emeritus of international economics... Full Article at Cato@Liberty
A common question at town hall meetings on health care reform was, "Why not give citizens access to the same insurance that Congress has?" That's a promising idea that could become a reality. Full Article at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Senator Harry Reid, D-NV, Majority Leader Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, Majority Whip Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Vice Chair of the Democratic Conference Senator Patty Murray, D-WA, Secretary of the Democratic Conference Senator Byron Dorgan, D-ND,... Full Article at The Hill
"It's hard to picture New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Brooklyn native, in mud boots, a flannel shirt and a hat with earflaps," writes the Concord Monitor in a disbelieving editorial about Mr. Schumer's quest to make New York the maple syrup capital of... Full Article at New York Observer
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, in exchange for dropping a government-sold insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several... Full Article at NorthJersey.com
Amnesty keeps slipping further and further into the future. Full Article at The Corner
Those getting unemployment benefits or about to lose those benefits — and who are still out of work — should find it easy to apply for the 1.4 million jobs to be available nationwide with the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said... Full Article at MPNNow.com
WASHINGTON - The fate and shape of the public option in the Senate health care bill now rests in the hands of ten Democratic senators: five moderates and five progressives whose views span the spectrum within the Democratic caucus. Full Article at MSNBC
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Following a meeting of the Democratic caucus, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , leaves as Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. , confer outside of the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
View Photo »Senator Chuck Schumer (L) gestures toward Sen. Chris Dodd (C) and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (R) during a news conference on healthcare reform legislation at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, left, talks with Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.V. , right, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) speaks with Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) (R) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (R) talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (R) talks with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) before a markup hearing of the Senate Finance Committee September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Stephan Colbert, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) participate in the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
View Photo »NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Stephan Colbert, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) participate in the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
View Photo »NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson, actress Uma Thurman, singer Cyndi Lauper, TV personality Stephan Colbert and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attend the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
View Photo »NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson, actress Uma Thurman, singer Cyndi Lauper, TV personality Stephan Colbert and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attend the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
View Photo »NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: (L-R) Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson, actress Uma Thurman, singer Cyndi Lauper, TV personality Stephan Colbert and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attend the 2009 Koman New York City Race For The Cure in Central Park on September 13, 2009.
View Photo »Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. , the Senate Banking Committee chairman, talks to reporters after he and other Democratic senators had lunch with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. , is at right.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 30: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), US Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talk before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill July 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. McHugh is President Obama's nominee for secretary of the Army.
View Photo »US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) questions US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) as he testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 18, 2009.
View Photo »Chairman Christopher Dodd (R), D-CT, and US Senator Jack Reed (2nd L), D-RI, listen as US Senator Chuck Schumer (L), D-NY, questions US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) as he testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D...
View Photo »US Senator Chuck Schumer (L), D-NY, and US Senator Jack Reed, D-RI, talk as US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washignton, DC, June 18, 2009.
View Photo »FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2009, file photo, Sen. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, speaks during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.
View Photo »Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gestures during a news conference about the first 100 days of the Obama administration on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Washington.
View Photo »Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gestures during a news conference about the Obama administration first 100 days on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L) answers a question on the economic stimulus pacakge while surrounded by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (3rd L) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the legislation either this evening or tomorrow morning.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (3rd L) answers a question on the economic stimulus pacakge while surrounded by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L), and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) answers a question on the economic stimulus pacakge while surrounded by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009 in Washington,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L) answers a question on the economic stimulus pacakge while surrounded by (L-R) U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009 in Washing...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L) answers a question on the economic stimulus pacakge while surrounded by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (L), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) at the U.S. Capitol February 5, 2009 in Washi...
View Photo »Senator Chuck Schumer (L) gestures toward Sen. Chris Dodd (C) and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (R) during a news conference on healthcare reform legislation at the Capitol in Washington November 19, 2009.
View Photo »It is flat wrong for Adidas to move the production of the jerseys worn by NBA players outside the United States when there are U.S. companies that have done this work so well for so long
The contentious public option is one thing that may likely change, Reid acknowledged. He said that Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu, one of the final three Democratic holdouts before tonight’s vote, is working with Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) to come up with an 'alternative' public option, one t...
Mary Landrieu is a very good legislator and she does two things very well ... One, she delivers the goods for Louisiana. She has constantly and I think the people of Louisiana respect her for it. Second she has real views on healthcare those are taken into account as well.
I'd imagine you'd want Chuck Schumer maybe even more than the president of the United States.
Mary Landrieu is a very good legislator and she does two things very well ... One, she delivers the goods for Louisiana. She has constantly and I think the people of Louisiana respect her for it. Second she has real views on healthcare those are taken into account as well.
she thinks Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will soon have to choose between a triggered public option and no health care bill. She also says Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) -- the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate one of its most fierce and vocal public option advocates -- has been tasked as a point man ...
If Dick Cheney can support marriage, so can every senator. So can every Democrat, Republican, Liberal Conservative ... Equality should know no bounds, and we must not rest until we have marriage in all fifty of these United States.
If I had to pick a guy to run the Senate, and I was a Democrat, it sure as hell wouldn't be Harry Reid ... It would be Democratic Senator from New York--who I just put in an uncomfortable position...Senator Chuck Schumer.
If Dick Cheney can support marriage, so can every senator. So can every Democrat, Republican, Liberal Conservative ... Equality should know no bounds, and we must not rest until we have marriage in all fifty of these United States.
There is a great song called 'Coca Cola Cowboy' and I believe that's what we have here. She was a Republican as long as it enhanced her electability ... My guess is she made a deal with Chuck Schumer or the White House that will eventually show itself to us.
I think substantively the White House probably preferred a stronger public option than a trigger ... We talked about this for a while in leadership and the White House wanted to hear our thoughts — and when they heard them they thought that this was the right strategy to get our caucus together.
Just hours before [Scozzafava] endorsed the Democrat, she received calls from Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. She also received calls from the Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senator Chuck Schumer ... Was Scozzafava promised something in return for her endorsement o...
I think substantively the White House probably preferred a stronger public option than a trigger ... We talked about this for a while in leadership and the White House wanted to hear our thoughts — and when they heard them they thought that this was the right strategy to get our caucus together.
I'll take a Chuck Schumer-run Senate with 57 Democrats (bye bye Reid, Lieberman, and Lincoln) than a Harry Reid-run one with 75 Democrats
This should not be a partisan issue ... After all, if Dick Cheney can support marriage, so can every senator, so can every Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative. Equality should know no bounds, and we must not rest until we have marriage in all 50 of these United States.
Two leading Senators showed a brief moment of bipartisanship this morning. Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican John Cornyn both told me they agree the Senate should pass an extension of unemployment benefits, COBRA, and the $8,000 tax credit for first time homebuyers. Schumer said the Senate would act...
This should not be a partisan issue ... After all, if Dick Cheney can support marriage, so can every senator, so can every Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative. Equality should know no bounds, and we must not rest until we have marriage in all 50 of these United States.
Sen. Chuck Schumer still likes the chances of a come-from-behind win for a public health care plan, no matter how improbable it looked after striking out last week ... Schumer is on the Finance Committee, which turned thumbs down on his plan for a government-run insurance choice. But he said the close 1...
With these potentially dangerous chemicals so readily available to the public, we must do what needs to be done to ensure public safety ... Not only has there been a string of terrorist plots involving TATP, but the alleged New York City bombing plot of Najibullah Zazi has reminded us all of the serious...
Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York
I think Hiram Monserrate should do the right thing for the State of New York, the State Senate, and his constituents and resign
The FBI's quite good at tracking would-be, potential people that might cause problems down the road, and I would characterize these raids as preventive
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