If it was a Democrat sponsored bill, the media would be highlighting the bipartisan nature of the vote. However, because it is a Republican sponsored bill, the media immediately say the stand alone measure to support Israel is dead upon arrival in the Senate…
Commentary: How ‘the Firm’ Pushes Bad Spending Bills — and What We Can Do About It…
The debate on the budget threatening to shut down the government has everything to do with out-of-control spending levels during the covid pandemic. Yanking those billions spent back to pre-covid levels…
GOP Senators Block Democrats’ Election Reform Bill from Advancing…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will consider the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act sometime next week…
Schumer Says Democrats Won’t Give Republicans Quorum in Barrett Nomination…
“Democrats will not supply the quorum” to the Senate Judiciary Committee for a vote, Schumer remarked to reporters on Sunday…
Schumer Calls On Barrett to Recuse Herself from Health Care, Election Cases If Confirmed…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, should, if confirmed by the Senate, recuse herself from any cases involving the outcome of the presidential election or the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Speaking at a press briefing in New York, Schumer said […]
More Than a Dozen Republican Senators Move to Censure Schumer for Supreme Court Threats…
A group of Republican senators introduced a resolution Thursday to formally rebuke Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer over his threatening rhetoric against Trump-appointed justices. Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, sponsored a motion to censure the New Yorker, calling on senators to respect the independence of the judiciary. Censure is a formal reprimand condemning the […]
Cruz Decries ‘Dangerous’ Schumer Threats Against Justices, Seeks Censure…
Schumer Apologizes for Supreme Court Comment: ‘They Didn’t Come out the Way I Intended’…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) apologized he made remarks that critical of two conservative Supreme Court justices that some interpreted as a threat. “I should not have used the words I used yesterday. They didn’t come out the way I intended to. My point was that there would be political consequences—political consequences—for President [Donald] […]
SCHUMER THREATENS SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ON ABORTION CASE – ‘WON’T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU’ IF YOU MAKE ‘AWFUL DECISIONS’…
During a speech about the abortion case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated to Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, “you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you, if you go forward with these awful decisions.” Schumer […]