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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This is the right thing to do for the country. To let the Patriot Act lapse would have been a dereliction of duty.
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There is zero consultation, ... That is not what the founders intended.
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everyone seemed to emerge from the hearing with a different view of what he actually said.
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Everyone forgets there was a real view that downtown could just be hollowed out and nobody would want to be there ever again, ... And we decided that we had to move quickly...to give people hope so they don't get stuck in their head I got to go somewhere else.
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The vote is a shot across the bow in terms of the Justice Department and how it conducts itself, in terms of upcoming Supreme Court nominations, and the push-and-pull within the Bush administration. Will it be bipartisan or will it be pulled to the right?
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The U.S. Navy cannot, and should not, force the people of Puerto Rico to live in fear for their lives by continuing to use their island for target practice.
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They have riled up their base, but to feed their base the red meat it demands will hurt the president with the general public,
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A teen-ager can only do so much damage with his fists.
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As we approach the hearings, rather than feel confident that we will hear candid answers to critical questions about judicial philosophy, I am concerned that the stage is being set for Judge Roberts to refuse to answer,
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A brief period for the company to continue lobbying without the full 45-day investigation that should have been done from the beginning is simply not enough.
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The more we hear, the more it is clear this goes way beyond Scooter Libby.
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It's Memorial Day. It's important that we remember the sacrifices of the dead,
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For four years, President Bush . . . had a lot of luck on his side, ... There's a yin and yang to this, a warp and woof, and it's all catching up, almost at the same time.
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For a Vice President's office that needs a fresh start this team seems to be a stale move to hunker down and get in the bunker,