This Inauguration Brought to You by the State of New York
President Obama's inauguration festivities at the Capitol will have a distinctly New York flair, thanks to the man who is running them: the ultimate New Yorker, Senator Charles E. Schumer.
View ArticleConservative Groups Air Ads Pressuring Senators on Hagel
The political committee American Future Fund and the Americans for a Strong Defense have started advertising campaigns to persuade Democratic senators to oppose Chuck Hagel's nomination as defense...
View ArticleFor First Time in Four Years, Senate Democrats Will Draft a Budget Blueprint
Senator Charles E. Schumer tries to parry the announcement by House Republicans Friday that they will vote this week to raise the government’s statutory borrowing limit for three months.
View ArticleOn Immigration, a Glimpse of the Devilish Details
Senator Charles E. Schumer, part of a bipartisan group of eight senators who put forth a blueprint for an overhaul of the immigration system, offered a glimpse of one of the more vexing details that...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Set to Consider Gun Legislation
The committee will begin to consider four separate gun safety measures on Thursday, although the process of narrowing actual legislative language will most likely dribble into next week.
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Likely to Vote on Bipartisan Guns Bill
The committee is set to vote Thursday on a gun safety measure designed to curb illegal gun trafficking and purchasing.
View ArticleGun Bill Will Be Taken Up After Senate Recess
Procedural motions began on a bill that seeks to enhance background checks for gun buyers, and to curb gun trafficking and increase money for school safety.
View ArticleTiming of Senate Immigration Bill Remains Unclear
Will the bipartisan group of eight senators hoping to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws meet their unofficial deadline of introducing legislation by the end of this week? Well, that depends on who...
View ArticleSchumer and McCain Express Optimism on Chances for Immigration Overhaul
Senators John McCain and Charles E. Schumer, who are leading a push for bipartisan immigration legislation, said Thursday that they were aiming to win 70 votes in the Senate and hoped to gain the...
View ArticleSchumer Voices Concern Over Immigration and Same-Sex Couples
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, worries that a measure that would allow American citizens to apply for green cards for same-sex partners could sink the whole immigration compromise.
View ArticleSenate Panel, Getting Punchy on Immigration, Quits for the Night
Though more controversial amendments to immigration overhaul legislation are expected later this week, Monday's meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee was expected to be long — perhaps dragging late...
View ArticleSunday Breakfast Menu, June 2
Lawmakers continue to raise questions about the Justice Department's monitoring of journalists.
View ArticleSunday Breakfast Menu, Oct. 6
Speaker John A. Boehner and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew discuss raising the debt ceiling as the deadline approaches and Congress remains in a deadlock over the budget.
View ArticleWhat’s News in Washington: D-Day Remembrance
President Obama joined other world leaders at Normandy’s Omaha Beach to commorate the occasion, and many will be watching any interaction between Mr. Obama and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who...
View ArticleMembers of Congress React to Cantor’s Defeat Via Twitter
Among those reacting on Twitter to the defeat of Representative Eric Cantor were a number of his colleagues in the House of Representatives and Senate.
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