Schumer tees up Senate votes on hate crimes, gun control, voting rights

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Schumer tees up Senate votes on hate crimes, gun control, voting rights

The hate crimes legislation Schumer is teeing up, authored by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), would appoint an official at the Justice Department to expedite review of such discriminatory crimes. The…

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Chuck Schumer Holds The Line

Chuck Schumer’s job as Senate majority leader is harder than Mitch McConnell’s ever was. He leads a smaller majority than the Kentucky Republican, and one with wildly different ideologies —…

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Graham asks Schumer to hold Senate vote on canceling impeachment trial

Democrats will control the chamber when Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California are sworn in as senators. The Senate will then be divided 50-50,…

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Schumer rips ’emaciated’ Republican coronavirus relief plan

“President Trump, led by Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, has embraced a hardline view that the federal government should be doing less, not more, during this time of national crisis,”…

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Chuck Schumer isn’t an ‘angry centrist’ anymore

“A good elected official looks at the needs of the people he or she represents and does everything he or she can to help solve those needs, and the world…

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Schumer denounces ‘faulty’ and ‘unworkable’ Trump coronavirus executive actions

Following stalled negotiations, the president signed four executive actions August 9, 2020, 1:27 PM 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article One day after President Donald Trump…

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Iowa Dems to Schumer: Cease and desist your interference

Disappointed Iowa Democrats Dear U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer: We write to you as longtime Iowa political activists, asking that you, and allied groups and individuals working in concert with you,…

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Schumer to ‘conspiracy caucus’ GOP: Stop probe into origins of Russia investigation

Schumer’s letter also outlined Democratic priorities for the coming weeks, including negotiating on the next coronavirus relief package and extending the Paycheck Protection Program. The House this week passed legislation…

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Schumer fails to pass resolution to release CDC reopening guidance – Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather

The Democrat from New York argued that President Donald Trump’s administration “simply cannot be trusted to tell the truth about the coronavirus” and “Americans need and must have the candid…

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Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat on Sunday called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why it allowed the use of an unproven drug on veterans for…

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