Tag: Chuck Schumer

Rep. Renee Ellmers had been on Laura Ingraham’s nationally-syndicated radio program to talk about Obamacare and North Carolina politics Thursday, but when the conversation turned to immigration about five minutes into the interview, things got ugly. Ellmers, under fire on

For Hillary Clinton, who needs enemies when you’ve got friends like these? According to a new Clinton book by veteran political reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, HRC: State Secrets And The Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, top congressional Democrats like

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to rescind approval for the establishment of three charter schools has parents worried the mayor will leave their kids out on the street. “I would love for our son to be like

Many met the rise of Mayor Bill de Blasio with concern, expecting his radical progressive agenda to ravage New York City. Instead, de Blasio’s tenure is being defined by what he is not able to do. With reports of confused staffers

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address Monday night stuck to the progressive tenets of his campaign, demanding that New York City “tax itself” to fund affordable housing and universal pre-kindergarten programs. De Blasio’s address promised

On Sunday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Congress to pass amnesty legislation this year and delay the implementation of the law until 2017.  His solution is remarkably similar to the various delays that are occurring under Obamacare, the “comprehensive” legislation

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that in addition to passing an amnesty bill this year that will only be implemented once President Barack Obama leaves office in 2017, Congress should also, in that bill, allow those who came to

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that this is year is the last chance to get amnesty legislation passed. That urgency led him to call for Congress to pass immigration reform this year and delay the implementation of the law until

The hotel industry, desirous of holding back the tide that calls for raising the minimum wage, says it plans to fight state-by-state. The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), which includes hotel chains such as Best Western International, Hilton Worldwide,

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has proposed a far-reaching new law that would force taxpayers to cover the costs of placing tracking devices on autistic children after 14-year-old autistic child Avonte Oquendo was found dead last week. The tracking devices would

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), once part of the “Gang of Eight” in the Senate that wrote the immigration bill that the Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American workers, believes that conservatives are opposed to amnesty because

Sen. Chuck Schumer’s speech denouncing the Tea Party has received a bit of mockery on conservative talk radio this week. Yet it is worth exploring in greater depth, because it reveals the confusion–and the deception–of the Democratic Party’s leadership as

On Thursday, speaking at the John Podesta-founded Center for American Progress, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that if it were not for the Tea Party, immigration reform would have passed long ago. He blamed Tea Party opposition to immigration reform

Newly minted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to fund universal pre-Kindergarten by taxing the rich is proving too far left even for some big-name Democrats. The latest of these to back away from endorsing the program is

As the Senate prepares a vote to extend the U.S.’s federal plastic gun ban, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pushing to expand the ban to require “undetachable” metal parts. The Undetectable Firearms Act originally passed in 1988, the height of the