Tag: Chuck Schumer

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who passed away today at the age of 88, was in the news until just a few weeks ago, reacting–angrily–to the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense. Koch

In comments made Friday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the National Rifle Association (NRA) is a “fringe group” that is “very extreme.” Moreover, according to Schumer, the NRA doesn’t “represent average gun [owners].”  Schumer says that during the 1990s the NRA

A crisis seems to be the only thing that gets the attention of those in Washington. And certainly Democrats have proved better than Republicans in passing legislation during such periods of acute pressure. In fact, it would seem that they

While appearing on Meet the Press on Dec. 30th, President Obama pledged to make gun control one of the central aims of 2013. He said he knows it won’t be easy — that “there will be resistance” — but that

The Virginian Tech Review Panel’s assessment of the April 16, 2007 shooting in which 32 were killed and 17 and wounded, contains a pertinent piece of information for the gun grabbers who are currently tripping over themselves to blame high

When Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and certain Democrats in the House of Representatives, promise to push for more gun control in January 2013, they overlook four important words: “shall not be infringed.” These words

On Sunday Senator Chuck Schumer tried to pass off the 1994 assault weapons ban bill that was canceled eight years ago as the reason that today’s violent crime rates have been down. In a discussion about gun control with Senator

Senator Jay Rockefeller, from the conservative state of West Virginia, is up for reelection in 2014. The Senator has decided to sidestep the gun control issue after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut by attacking Hollywood, video games, and the Internet. 

Pretend you’re Barack Obama. Put on your crown and think hard. If the Republicans hold fast on taxes and the country goes over the fiscal cliff, the Bush tax cuts will expire and the middle class will get clobbered. How

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) hopes to stop a major defense spending bill in its tracks now that Democrats have added an amendment that allows them to take away the guns of certain military veterans. The amendment contains language that bans

One question that did not come up in Monday’s foreign policy debate was the President’s use of drones to target specific individuals, including American citizens, for death – aka, the president’s “kill list.” When asked about it in the spin room

Back on July 17, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) revealed the Democrats’ agenda for the economy: inflation. “Despite two false starts, we’re having a much rougher time than we ever imagined getting unemployment down,” Schumer told the Senate Banking Committee. “So

The Cybersecurity Act, which the Senate will vote on next week, will not only contain measures for cyber security but also quite a bit of gun control, if a coalition of Democrats led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) get their

Who would you trust more when it comes to the Federal Reserve Board: Ron Paul or Chuck Schumer? If you answered Schumer, who wants the Fed to pour more money into the economy and inflate the money supply in time

Just how subservient to Barack Obama is the Fed? We’ll soon find out. The Fed is considering pumping more money into the economy and inflating the currency by the end of September, just in time to artificially stimulate growth and

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Democrats’ chief political strategist in the Senate, said on Tuesday Democrats are not planning on introducing gun control measures in the Senate despite pressure to do so by