Chuck Schumer

Trump Opposition Leader

... Majority Leader Bob Dole's line after Schumer used his publicity prowess to push through the Brady gun law). But that's no longer true. Over the past several years, Schumer has tried to be more disciplined. He's more likely to either be on his cell phone in the Capitol hallways, or pretend to be, in order to avoid talking to reporters. "In the early days, the press was a very good way to bring out problems that needed to be fixed. Now, I have other levers of power, so I'm hardly inaccessible. And you can say a lot of bad things about Chuck Schumer and accessibility is never going to be one of them," Schumer said with a knowing laugh. The same goes for authenticity. Though he proudly declared that he bought a new suit for his first day as leader, he is clearly still the same rumpled guy who slept for 30-plus years on a mattress next to the kitchen in a rundown group house owned by former Rep. George ...

Schumer Wrongly Tweets 'tillerson Won't Divest From Exxon

... January 27, 2017. That’s incorrect. Tillerson divested from Exxon, where he worked for 40 years, in early January. An hour later, Schumer tweeted : "Rex Tillerson won’t lift a finger on climate change, won’t rule out a Muslim ban, won’t divest from Exxon, won’t recuse himself. He doesn’t display values of American foreign policy.". To Schumer’s credit, spokesman Matt House acknowledged the mistake and said his staff would correct the tweets. House said the tweets were supposed to just say Tillerson wouldn’t commit to recusing himself from issues that involve Exxon. But that’s also wrong, as we’ll explain. We still wanted to put Schumer’s claim that "Tillerson won’t divest from Exxon" on the Truth-O-Meter and set the record straight. Tillerson has agreed to sell his more than 600,000 shares in Exxon, and Exxon drew up an additional agreement with federal ethics ...

Senators To Introduce Bills Overturning Trump Immigration Ban

... leader Chuck Schumer, D-N. Y., appeared on the TODAY show Monday morning and said that he plans to call for a vote to overturn the executive orders by late Monday on the Senate floor. "This is a blanket ban. It hurts innocent people and doesn't stop terrorism. It's just appalling," Schumer said on TODAY. The executive order signed last Friday severely restricts travel from seven countries where Islam is the primary religion: Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Sudan, and Somalia. The widely-criticized "Muslim Ban" created chaos in airports over the weekend as green card holders and previously vetted refugees were detained and threatened with immediate deportation. Copy this code to your website or blog. On Twitter Sunday night, Feinstein described two bills she plans to introduce Monday: "The first bill immediately rescinds the order. The second limits executive authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act.". It remains unclear how much progress the any Democrat-sponsored bills would make ...

Trump's Executive Order Is 'simply Un-american

... he said. He stressed the need “to be careful as we do this,” and said it would be up to the courts to decide “whether or not this has gone too far.”. President Donald Trump signed the executive action Friday night. The order imposes a 120-day suspension of the entire U. S. Refugee Admissions Program and a 90-day ban on all entry to the United States from countries with terrorism concerns. EXTRA: Click Here To Read Full Stay Order. The State Department said the three-month ban in the directive applies to Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — all Muslim majority nations. On Saturday, U. S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued a temporary stay the after lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union filed a court petition on behalf of people who were detained at airports across the as the ban took effect. The detainment of hundreds of travelers sparked protests across the country Saturday night and into Sunday ...

How Two Angry Constituents Helped Chuck Schumer Find His Spine

... enlisted help from seasoned progressive organizers. They rallied outside of Schumer’s apartment for the first time on Jan. 10, in concert with Resist Trump Tuesdays. That rally drew around 300 people. It also turned out to be one of three demonstrations in a row outside Schumer’s home that week, all organized by different people and all demanding greater resistance to Trump. Since then, rallies outside of Schumer’s house by various groups have become a fairly regular occurrence. Meanwhile, City Councilman Brad Lander has been holding massive anti-Trump organizing meetings at a Park Slope synagogue, Congregation Beth Elohim, where Schumer happens to be a member. (The most recent one drew 800 people.) Naturally, some attendees have focused on pressuring their neighbor, joining rallies outside Schumer’s home and office, calling his office incessantly, and delivering stacks of letters imploring him to oppose Trump’s nominees. Top Comment. What worries me most about Schumer is his blind, unconditional support for Israel, no matter what that radical, extremist Likud government does. If he can't oppose Far Right governments abroad, how can he effectively oppose one at home?   ...

Gop Blocks Schumer Moves To Rescind Trump Travel Ban

... which would rescind the executive order. Schumer noted that several Republican senators had raised concerns with the order and how it was developed. “So let’s repeal the order and then sit down and discuss a smart, thoughtful, effective way to counter terrorism,” the New York senator said. Speaking for Republicans, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, objected. In a second request, Schumer asked that until the travel restriction is lifted and until secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson explains if he supports the executive order and if he helped in its development, the Senate put off a procedural vote to advance Tillerson’s nomination. Cotton rejected that too. “It is not a ban,” he said. “It is simply a temporary pause for three to four months to evaluate whether Obama administration policies are strong enough to keep this ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer 'worries' When It Comes To Trump And Facts

... York Democrat, who says he hopes to work with Trump on issues including a $1 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled by Democrats on Tuesday, told Capital Download that "I worry" about what the episode may reveal about the new president. •  Watch the interview on Facebook Live. "Let me say this: In general you cannot run a country unless you know the facts," he told USA TODAY's video newsmaker series. "If you're going to believe your own facts, whether it's about what Putin is doing in the world or what jobs or companies are doing here, you aren't going to be able to govern, so I worry about it. "President Obama said that the presidency has a sobering effect on people when they take the office, and what I'm doing is hoping and praying that that happens.". Later, White House press secretary Sean Spicer reiterated that Trump believes that he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly three million votes because of massive voter ...

This Cabinet Selection Has Been A Disaster

... of the Democrats in the Senate said, "We call it the swamp cabinet". Some high-profile grillings of nominees have gone viral. Washington (CNN). Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed Donald Trump's Cabinet picks the morning of the next president's inauguration, saying it is too soon to know if all of the nominees will be confirmed. "It's too early to tell," the New York Democrat told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" on Friday. "This Cabinet selection has been a disaster for the president. We call it the swamp Cabinet.". Schumer said that the nominees have values that are inconsistent with those of the man who nominated them. "More conflicts of interest than you have ever seen," he said. "People whose positions are fundamentally different than President-elect Trump's.". Schumer said that even though "these ...