Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumeris an American politician, the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. Schumer was re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a margin of 66%–33%...
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I'm going to do everything I can to try and craft a compromise that avoids a lengthy trial,
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The U.S. Navy cannot, and should not, force the people of Puerto Rico to live in fear for their lives by continuing to use their island for target practice.
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However this turns out, I would simply urge all Americans, from President Bush on down, to have faith in Mr. Fitzgerald's investigation and to abide by his findings once they are made public,
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Nothing is on the table and nothing is off the table. Let's learn what we can about Judge Scalia,
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Nothing could be further from the truth, ... This is about his record.
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I've called for a thorough house-cleaning in the vice president's office, but what they've done is just rearrange some office furniture, ... It is time for the president and vice president to bring in a new team of advisers who are above ethical reproach, like Reagan did in his second term, not stonewall like Nixon did during Watergate.
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If Judge Roberts repeatedly resorts to the so-called 'Ginsburg Precedent,' it will sound less like a principled refusal to answer and more like a variation on the Fifth Amendment: 'I refuse to answer that question on the ground that it may incriminate me. Answering may reveal my actual views about constitutional law and cause me to lose votes,'
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Anyone who thinks that this nomination is a foregone conclusion is sadly mistaken.
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has an obligation to answer tough questions from the committee about whether his views have changed and whether he would advance a particular ideological position that is contrary to decades of legal precedent.
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The ads, whether they come from the right or the left, are beside the point, ... The issue is: What are Roberts's views?
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I, for one, believe a judge can be pro-life yet be fair, balanced, and uphold a woman's right to choose. But for a judge to set aside his or her own personal views, the commitment to the rule of law must clearly supersede his or her personal agenda. That's a trick some can pull off, but not everyone can.
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The ads, whether they come from the right or the left, are beside the point. The issue is: What are Roberts's views?
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People desperately want work. The best thing we can do is give them jobs by stimulating the economy in a real way. But until we do, it is our fundamental and solemn and important responsibility to at least let them live a life of dignity, maintain the payment on the home, feed the child, put a coat on the spouse's back.
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Financial incentives brought people back to places, brought businesses back to places and were a lifeline for small businesses that would have gone under,