Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumeris an American politician, the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. Schumer was re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a margin of 66%–33%...
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He was afraid of losing. I told him, 'Go back there.' This was three years before he ran. He said, 'But there is nothing open.' But I told him there are always openings that come up.
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He knows that to feed red meat to his base undermines his standing with the American people. He may have to do it, but it would not be an act of strength.
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has an obligation to answer tough questions from the committee about whether his views have changed and whether he would advance a particular ideological position that is contrary to decades of legal precedent.
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Having but not using the SPR is like having an ace in the hole and saying you're not going to play the card.
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What does that say about someone's racial sensitivity, especially in the 5th Circuit of Mississippi? Can't we do better?
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Name-calling isn't going to answer the fundamental question of why there hasn't been oversight of the use of this intelligence information, ... And the fact that this administration hasn't even recognized there's been a mistake ...
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My wife and I stay up late at night trying to figure out how we'll send our daughters to college,
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If there was ever a time for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tapped, it would be now.
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I put too much blood, sweat and tears into passing the Brady law, ... This does not sacrifice Brady... it extends Brady and it does it very, very well.
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Campaigns more often than not must focus on things that divide us, ... But government and public service must focus more on the causes that unite us.
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served his country with honor, dignity and distinction for over 30 years. He was grounded in his beliefs and was a staunch defender of an independent judiciary. People of all philosophies and viewpoints greatly respected Justice Rehnquist and will miss him.
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exert a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce.
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The federal government will make every family who lost someone or had someone injured whole.
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I hope he is not a Thomas. But the risk is too great to bear, ... The court's balance may for decades be tipped radically in one direction.